Empty fields won't add any value, you can skip them. Documents in an index don't have to be uniform. Each Document could have a different set of fields. Of course, that has some obvious implications for search, but is perfectly fine technically.
Otis --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's probably a silly question, very newbish, but I had to ask. > Since I have mysql documents that contain over 30 fields each and > most of them > are added to the index, is it a common practice to add fields to the > index with > empty values, for that perticular record, or should the field be > totally omitted. > > What I mean is if let's say a Title field is empty on a specific > record (in mysql) > should I still add that field into Lucene index with an empty value > or just > skip it and only add the fields that contain non-empty values? > > thanks > > -pedja > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
