Yes, there is a document number assigned to each doc, as far as I know, but I don't think you can use it for searching. Yes, holes get created after deletions, and optimization does renumber the docs...I think I read that somewhere....check this list's archives.
Otis --- John Cwikla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was wondering if lucene had some way (internal record numbers, > whatever) > so that I could limit search results to say a range of documents, in > the > order they were added? > > I understand that I could have a field called "myownrecordnumber" and > put a > number > into it. This won't work for me as the index is constantly being > added to > and > removed from, and my ultimate goal is to use this so I can start at a > particular > point in time (record number) and search the next 1000 documents that > were > added. > (We using the results from lucene in some analytics and batch up the > runs) > > If I use "myownrecordnumber" I would have to reindex and fix the > numbers to > get the > same effect which is not a possibility as it takes too long, and > requires > too much downtime. > > Over time there would obviously be alot of holes, and what I'd like > is for > optimizing > the index to magically fix/reorder the record numbers if they existed > :) > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
