[Xapian-discuss] Xapian query language

[Olly Betts]

On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 03:19:55PM -0800, Michel Pelletier wrote:
> selection variables that define which document values you 
> want to retrieve from the database

If you're using document values to store general purpose fields for use
for display of matching documents, then you're misusing them, and should
be prepared to be disappointed by retrieval performance.  The document
data is where such general purpose fields should go.

Cheers,
    Olly