I understand the issue of the lucene doc id changing. I'll probably look to see if I can delete stuff just based on some field that I have that I know won't change. I've used the doc id for a long time, but maybe it's time for a change.
Thanks for all of the input. Scott -----Original Message----- From: martijn.is.h...@gmail.com [mailto:martijn.is.h...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Martijn v Groningen Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 3:24 PM To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: Lucene 4.0 delete by ID A top level document ID can change over time. For that reason you shouldn't rely on it. However if you know your index is stable or you keep track when a merge happes, you can use the IndexWriter#tryDeleteDocument method to delete a document by Lucene id. Deleting a document via a IndexReader is no longer possible. Martijn On 27 October 2012 01:47, Mossaab Bagdouri <bagdouri_moss...@yahoo.fr> wrote: > Lucene document IDs are not stable. You could add a field with an ID > that you maintain. Your query would then be just a TermQuery on the ID. > > Regards, > Mossaab > > > 2012/10/26 Scott Smith <ssm...@mainstreamdata.com> > >> I'm currently converting some lucene code to 4.0. It appears that >> you are no longer allowed to delete a document by its ID. Is that >> correct? Is my only option to figure some kind of query (which >> obviously isn't based on >> ID) and do the delete from there? >> -- Met vriendelijke groet, Martijn van Groningen --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
