Top "Lucene" questions

The term Lucene refers to the open source Java fulltext search engine library, but also to the entire eco-system that grew around it, including lucene.

What are segments in Lucene?

What are segments in Lucene? What are the benefits of segments?

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Solr Index appears to be valid - but returns no results

Solr newbie here. I have created a Solr index and write a whole bunch of docs into it. I can …

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Faster search in Lucene - Is there a way to keep the whole index in RAM?

Is there a way of keeping the index in RAM instead of keeping it on the hard disk? We want …

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Exact phrase search using Lucene.net

I am having trouble searching for an exact phrase using Lucene.NET 2.0.0.4 For example I am searching for "scope attribute …

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Document search on partial words

I am looking for a document search engine (like Xapian, Whoosh, Lucene, Solr, Sphinx or others) which is capable of …

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Filename search with ElasticSearch

I want to use ElasticSearch to search filenames (not the file's content). Therefore I need to find a part of …

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Directory lock error with Lucene.Net usage in an ASP.NET MVC site

I'm building an ASP.NET MVC site where I want to use Lucene.Net for search. I've already built a …

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Lucene indexing: Store and indexing modes explained

I think I'm still not understanding the lucene indexing options. The following options are Store.Yes Store.No and Index.…

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Solr Text field and String field - different search behaviour

I am working on Solr 4+. I have several fields into my solr schema with different solr field types. Does the …

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