Technically, no, a uniqueKey field is NOT required. I've yet to run
into a situation where it made sense not to use one though.
As for indexing database tables - if one of your tables doesn't have a
primary key, does it have an aggregate unique "key" of some sort? Do
you plan on updating the rows in that table and reindexing them?
Seems like some kind of unique key would make sense for updating
documents.
But yeah, a more detailed description of your table structure and
searching needs would be helpful.
Erik
On Nov 19, 2008, at 5:18 AM, Aleksander M. Stensby wrote:
Yes it is. You need a unique id because the add method works as and
"add or update" method. When adding a document whose ID is already
found in the index, the old document will be deleted and the new
will be added. Are you indexing two tables into the same index? Or
does one entry in the index consist of data from both tables? How
are these linked together without an ID?
- Aleksander
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:42:00 +0100, Raghunandan Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
Hi,
Is the uniqueKey in schema.xml really required?
Reason is, I am indexing two tables and I have id as unique key in
schema.xml but id field is not there in one of the tables and
indexing
fails. Do I really require this unique field for Solr to index it
better
or can I do away with this?
Thanks,
Rahgu
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Aleksander M. Stensby
Senior software developer
Integrasco A/S
www.integrasco.no
