This is something I am considering. Ideally, I'd like to use the same index though. I do need to query with other constraint but that could be resolved to some extent by merging results post query. The real headache with different indexes is management: deleting document, backup/restore. We also have some internal index splitting mechanism that would need to be taken into account.
On Friday, August 2, 2013, Michael Della Bitta wrote: > Marc, > > Do you need to be able to query this field at the same time as other > fields, or is the searching case isolated? > > Because if you can isolate searches that hit this field to just this field, > you could do it with a sidecar index and joins. > > Michael Della Bitta > > Applications Developer > > o: +1 646 532 3062 | c: +1 917 477 7906 > > appinions inc. > > “The Science of Influence Marketing” > > 18 East 41st Street > > New York, NY 10017 > > t: @appinions <https://twitter.com/Appinions> | g+: > plus.google.com/appinions< > https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/112002776285509593336/112002776285509593336/posts > > > w: appinions.com <http://www.appinions.com/> > > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Marc Brette > <marc.bre...@gmail.com<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > Unfortunately, it needs to be searchable > > > > Very good pointer anyway, I'll keep that in mind > > > > On Friday, August 2, 2013, Michael Della Bitta wrote: > > > > > Hi Marc, > > > > > > Have you considered using ExternalFileField for this? > > > On Aug 2, 2013 11:54 AM, "Marc Brette" > > > <marc.bre...@gmail.com<javascript:;> > > <javascript:;>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to completely populate a field for all the documents in > > the > > > > index, without re-indexing the documents. > > > > > > > > I know Solr supports 'Atomic Update', but this is no a real > incremental > > > > update of a document: it costs as much as re-indexing the document > (and > > > > require to store the document). > > > > As Solr does not support a real incremental update, I wondered if > that > > > > would be easier to completely re-populate a field (i.e. easier than > > > > inserting/modifying in the middle of a field index). > > > > > > > > My use-case is the following: > > > > - I have an index with a bunch of documents. > > > > - A background process computes some additional metadata for the > > > documents. > > > > It produces metadata in batch for all the documents. > > > > - These metadata are added in bulk to the existing index. > > > > > > > > Any ideas? Let me know if this is more a question for the dev list. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Marc > > > > > > > > > >
