Sounds to me like you want http://docs.marklogic.com/guide/app-dev/point_in_time instead. Point in time queries use the merge timestamp, and do *not* need a merge blackout.
I agree with Danny that setting a merge blackout is almost always a bad idea. -- Mike On 4 Apr 2013, at 11:05 , Paul M <[email protected]> wrote: > The blackout was only for testing. > Had seen some code online where the empty-and-query was no longer being used, > which seemed strange. > > Thanks so much... > -Paul > > From: Danny Sokolsky <[email protected]> > To: Paul M <[email protected]>; MarkLogic Developer Discussion > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2013 1:25 PM > Subject: RE: [MarkLogic Dev General] deleted fragments admin > > Hi Paul, > > You cannot see the deleted fragments in a query. A long time ago, you had to > pass an empty-and-query to remove deleted fragments from the lexicon calls > run as admin, but that has not been the case for several years, I don’t think. > > The only way to see old fragments is to set a merge timestamp and to run a > point-in-time query at a timestamp. > > What you will see with deleted fragments is (potentially) a slight difference > in scores for cts:search, as idf is calculated based on the total number of > fragments in the database. But on a large database, that should be a > negligible difference. > > Also, as a general point, merge blackouts are nearly always a bad idea. > > -Danny > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul M > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 5:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MarkLogic Dev General] deleted fragments admin > > I set merge blackout period to everyday. > The merge timestamp = 0 > ML=6 > ErrorLog states merging is disabled. > > I load two documents, and delete one document. > Active fragments = 1 > Deleted fragments = 7 > > I have the admin role. > I create range index on element. > > Should I be able to see the values of index of the deleted fragments, somehow? > Should I be able to see the deleted fragments? > cts:element-values, etc? > > To filter out from admin role, one normally uses cts:and-query(())? > I wanted to see this difference, if possible. > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general
