Re: How to combine multiple fields to a single field for indexing

[KEGan <kh...@gmail.com>]

Thanks. I think I grasp the concept now :)

On 8/27/06, Erik Hatcher <er...@ehatchersolutions.com> wrote:
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> On Aug 26, 2006, at 5:11 AM, KEGan wrote:
> > Erik,
> >
> > "Given the position increment gap between instances of same-named
> > fields that is now part of Lucene, I recommend using multiple field
> > instances instead."
> >
> > Did you mean ... recommend "NOT" using multiple field ?
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> I said what I meant accurately.  Comparing building a single
> aggregate search field either by concatenating text into a single
> string and a single field, say "contents" instance, versus multiple
> "contents" instances that could get separated by a position increment
> gap, I recommend the second approach.
>
> But...
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> > If we want to do query like "name:John" or boasting of Fields ...
> > then we
> > have to use multiple field instances, right ?
>
> of course.
>
>        Erik
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