Thank you-- this is what appeared to be the case, but I wanted to check if there was something simple I wasn't understanding--
>All deletes should be removed after an optimize. Otherwise, I think you'll >have to call isDeleted before trying to access the document. numDocs does >not include deletes, but the document() call will retrieve deletes. You >might try using maxDoc() instead of numDocs(). Donna L. Gresh Services Research, Mathematical Sciences Department IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (914) 945-2472 http://www.research.ibm.com/people/g/donnagresh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
