Mahmoud, Would it help to have field validation? If the DIH fields are still default when you press execute, then field validation puts out a message and blocks any clearing. Just an idea, please excuse if I am off track. -- Rick
On May 2, 2017 8:53:12 AM EDT, Mahmoud Almokadem <prog.mahm...@gmail.com> wrote: >Thanks Shawn for your clarifications, > >I think showing a confirmation message saying that "The whole index >will be >cleaned" when the clean option is checked will be good. > >I always remove the check from the file >/opt/solr/server/solr-webapp/webapp/tpl/dataimport.html after >installing >solr but when I upgraded it this time forget to do that and press >Execute >with the check and the whole index cleaned. > >And for the dataimport I always use the old UI cause the new UI doesn't >show the live update and sometimes doesn't show the configuration. I >think >there are many bugs on the new UI. > >Thanks, >Mahmoud > >On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Shawn Heisey <apa...@elyograg.org> >wrote: > >> On 4/28/2017 9:01 AM, Mahmoud Almokadem wrote: >> > We already using a shell scripts to do our import and using >fullimport >> > command to do our delta import and everything is doing well several >> > years ago. But default of the UI is full import with clean and >commit. >> > If I press the Execute button by mistake the whole index is cleaned >> > without any notification. >> >> I understand your frustration. What I'm worried about is the fallout >if >> we change the default to be unchecked, from people who didn't verify >the >> setting and expected full-import to wipe their index before it >started >> importing, just like it has always done for the last few years. >> >> The default value for the clean parameter when NOT using the admin UI >is >> true for full-import, and false for delta-import. That's not going >to >> change. I firmly believe that the admin UI should have the same >> defaults as the API itself. The very nature of a full-import carries >> the implication that you want to start over with an empty index. >> >> What if there were some bright red text in the UI near the execute >> button that urged you to double-check that the "clean" box has the >> setting you want? An alternate idea would be to pop up a yes/no >> verification dialog on execute when the clean box is checked. >> >> Thanks, >> Shawn >> >> -- Sorry for being brief. Alternate email is rickleir at yahoo dot com
