See below: On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Pramod Goyal <pramod.go...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi, > I have a requirement where i need to keep updating certain fields in > the schema. My requirement is to change some of the fields or add some > values to a field ( multi-value field ). I understand that i can use Solr > update for this. If i am using Solr update do i need to publish the entire > document again or do i just need to publish the updated fields. Again in > case of update can i add( append ) news values to the existing fields ? > updating a document does, indeed, require that you reindex the whole thing. There's no capability to just update a field. > > In my document most of the parts remains unchanged however few fields > keeps changing. Will it be costly to update the entire document just to > change a field ? I was wondering if i should create to solr core one for > static content and another one for dynamic content. This way i can reduce > the time taken to update a document, but it introduces the complexity of > querying different core and combining the result on the client side. > Do you care how costly it is? By that I mean what is your expected update rate, how big is your index, etc. If you're updating 1 document a day you don't care. If you're updating 100/sec, you care very much. In between it's an interesting question :). Multiple cores are a possibility, but you're right that's more complex. I'd really evaluate (by gathering statistics) whether you need to before trying it. > > Is there a way to configure solr so that client can execute a single > query and solr internally executes multiple queries across different cores > and return single result ? > I'll leave this one to someone else... Best Erick
