Jake, copyField exists to decouple document values (on the update
size) from how they are indexed.
>From the example schema:
<!-- copyField commands copy one field to another at the time a document
is added to the index. It's used either to index the same
field differently,
or to add multiple fields to the same field for easier/faster searching.
-->
-Yonik
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Jake Conk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if there was an added advantage in using <copyField />
> to copy a string field to a text field?
>
> If the field is copied to a text field then why not just make the
> field a text field and eliminate copying its data?
>
> If you are going to use full text searching on that field which you
> cant do with string fields wouldn't it just make sense to keep it a
> text field since it has the same abilities as a string field and more?
>
> ... Or is the reason because string fields have better performance on
> matching exact strings than text fields?
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Jake
>
