>From the docs: Once an actual index has been created using a particular Schema, existing field definitions may not be changed. However, it is possible to add new fields during subsequent indexing sessions.
ok - looks like I can always *add* a new field and handle things that way, instead of changing an already spec'd field, which is forbidden. Presumably indexes with these new added fields and those indexes without can be freely and safely "merged" into larger indexes, right? LB
