There is a class NumericField in the same package. ----- Uwe Schindler H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen http://www.thetaphi.de eMail: u...@thetaphi.de
> -----Original Message----- > From: Saurabh Agarwal [mailto:srbh.g...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 4:55 AM > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: Storing a field as byte[[] > > hi Ian > > but when I see lucene- > 3.0.0/src/java/org/apache/lucene/document/Field.java > all the constructors either take a String ad value or a byte [] array > as a > value. Can u guide me that how to use NumericField or am I missing > something? > > Thanks > Saurabh Agarwal > > > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Ian Lea <ian....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > You can store byte arrays, but you can't search on them. For > integers > > you can either pad them out with leading zeros or use NumericField. > If > > you use NumericField you'll need to use NumericRangeQuery as well. > > > > -- > > Ian. > > > > > > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Saurabh Agarwal > <srbh.g...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I am new to lucene. the constructors in Feild show that I can give > the > > value > > > as byte[] I wanted to ask if I store a integer as a byte array the > how it > > > will ve searched during search say file size!!! > > > > > > because if I use text format the range search will be poor say fs > of 10 > > 12 > > > 20 30 50 100 101 102 will be organised as > > > 10 > > > 100 > > > 101 > > > 102 > > > 12 > > > 20 > > > 30 > > > 50 > > > > > > so range search of size between 10 and 20 will be relatively poor > if I > > store > > > values like the order given > > > > > > Thanks and regards > > > Saurabh Agarwal > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org
