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Dear sir/madam, I have been working with lucene 3.0.3 and wish to upgrade to lucene 4.3 but i found the performance of 4.3. slower than 3.0.3. I have attached the code used to test and results of test along with this mail. Is there any specific usage pattern to be followed to improve the performa

Lucene Empty Non-empty Fields

I did some experiments for finding empty fields, But i want to know whether there is any other better method. Have to reduce hard disk space. Method 1: Add "NULL String" in empty fields We can search with null string for empty column & non empty column Observations: - Index size will grow.

Delete a field in old documents

Hi, I have stored fields. I want to delete a single field in all documents. Can i do that without reindexing? if yes, is it costly operations..? Thanks, Manoj.

inconsistency in multifield sort while using an Integer field in Lucene 3.0.3

Hi, I am working with Lucene 3.0.3 I find there is an inconsistency while using Integer fields in multifield sorting. Please Clarify. With Regards, Manoj R.