Compound File Format question

["Armbrust, Daniel C." <Ar...@mayo.edu>]

Is it safe to change the compound file format option at any time during the life of an index?

Can I build an index with it off, then turn it on, and call optimize, and have a compound file formatted index?

And then later, turn it on, call optimize again, and go back the other way?

The JavaDocs don't say much of anything about it (oh - and PS - there is a copy and paste error in the description for the getUseCompoundFile() method)

Thanks, 

Dan


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Re: Compound File Format question

[Andrzej Bialecki <ab...@getopt.org>]

Armbrust, Daniel C. wrote:

> Is it safe to change the compound file format option at any time during the life of an index?
> 
> Can I build an index with it off, then turn it on, and call optimize, and have a compound file formatted index?
> 
> And then later, turn it on, call optimize again, and go back the other way?

In my experience it's safe. I've been doing this in a couple of real 
applications, and also in Luke there is an option to re-pack the index 
using compound or not.

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Best regards,
Andrzej Bialecki

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