Ferret talk - Jul 2007 - highlighting from multiple indexes

Hi.

I''m searching multiple indexes by passing an array of paths to 
Index::IndexReader.new().  I get several hits back, and can determine 
the document id of each.

Now I want to fetch highlighted excerpts from a field in one of the 
matched documents.  The problem I''m having is that Index::IndexReader 
doesn''t have a highlight() method.  And, while Index::Index does have 
a highlight() method, its new() method doesn''t allow for an array of
paths.

What am I missing, here?

Thanks in advance.

On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 03:30:17PM -0400, Jeff Mallatt
wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I''m searching multiple indexes by passing an array of paths to 
> Index::IndexReader.new().  I get several hits back, and can determine 
> the document id of each.
> 
> Now I want to fetch highlighted excerpts from a field in one of the 
> matched documents.  The problem I''m having is that
Index::IndexReader
> doesn''t have a highlight() method.  And, while Index::Index does
have
> a highlight() method, its new() method doesn''t allow for an array
of paths.
> 
> What am I missing, here?
The Searcher class :-)
Create a searcher from your IndexReader and use it''s highlight method.


Cheers,
Jens


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