I have also done this and i used two separate fields like the ones you mentioned
On 2/19/09, Mike Topper <mtop...@riseup.net> wrote: > > Hello, > > In one of the fields in my schema I am sending somewhat large texts. I > want to be able to index all of it since I want to search on the entire > text, but I only need the first N characters to be returned to me. Is > there a way to do this with one field or would I just create two fields, > one that is indexed and not stored and one that is stored and not > indexed and only send the first N characters to the stored field? > > -Mike >