>A/ How much room in the index do 'non used' dynamic fields add per record, any? If you use field norms or document boosts in that field, there is a one-byte array[# of documents]. Otherwise there is no space used.
> B/ Is the search done on the dynamic filed name in the schema, or on the name > that was matched? The dynamic wildcard field name convention is only implemented by the code that checks the schema. It is not in the query syntax. Only the real field names are in the query syntax or returned facets. On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Dennis Gearon <gear...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Well, getting close to the time when the 'rubber meets the road'. > > A couple of questions about dynamic fields. > > A/ How much room in the index do 'non used' dynamic fields add per record, > any? > B/ Is the search done on the dynamic filed name in the schema, or on the name > that was matched? > C/ Anyone done something like: > > //schema file// (representative, not actual) > *_int1 > *_int2 > *_int3 > *_int4 > > *_datetime1 > *_datetime2 > . > . > > Then have fields in the imported data (especially using a DIH importing from a > VIEW) that have custom names like: > //import source//(representative, not actual) > custom_labelA_int1 > custom_labelB_int2 > > custom_labelC_datetime1 > custom_labelD_datetime2 > > Is this how dynamic fields are used? I was thinking of having approximately > 1-20 > dynamic fields per datatype of interest. > > D/ If I wanted all text based dynamic fields added to some common field in > the > index (sorry, bad terminology), how is that done? > > > > > Dennis Gearon > > > Signature Warning > ---------------- > It is always a good idea to learn from your own mistakes. It is usually a > better > idea to learn from others’ mistakes, so you do not have to make them yourself. > from 'http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=4501&tag=nl.e036' > > > EARTH has a Right To Life, > otherwise we all die. > > -- Lance Norskog goks...@gmail.com