On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Shawn Heisey <s...@elyograg.org> wrote:
> On 7/27/2013 11:38 AM, Joe Zhang wrote: > > I have a constantly growing index, so not updating the index can't be > > practical... > > > > Going back to the beginning of this thread: when we use the vanilla > > "*:*"+pagination approach, would the ordering of documents remain stable? > > ---- the index is dynamic: update/insertion only, no deletion. > > If you use a sort parameter with pagination, then you have stable > ordering, unless as described with the 'b' example, a new document gets > inserted into a position in the sort sequence that's before the current > result page. > > One thing that you could do is make a copy of your index, set up a > separate Solr installation that's not getting updates, and use that for > your inspection. > Hi Shawn, I guess if something prevents the current searcher from being recycled (e.g. incrementing its ref count), it would be possible to re-use it for the pagination - then the consumer could get tight to the reader and the order is stable (seeing the same data) but there probably is not a mechanism for this (?) nor would it be very wise to have such a mechanism (?). roman > > Thanks, > Shawn > >
