On 8/8/07, Ning Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/8/07, Yonik Seeley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Let's take a simple case of deleting documents in a range, like > > date:[2006 TO 2008] > > One would currently need to close the writer and open a new reader to > > ensure that they can "see" all the documents. Then execute a > > RangeQuery, collect the ids, and do deletes. > > This reminds me: It'd be nice if we could support delete-by-query someday. :) > > I was thinking people use deleteDocument(int docid) when they are sure > the docid hasn't changed since obtained. That's why I considered it an > expert method...
Sure, but when do you know that the ids haven't change? A: When you haven't added anything with the writer. So you get to keep the writer open, but you can't really *use* it... that doesn't seem incredibly useful ;-) -Yonik --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
