[Xapian-discuss] database error

[Frank J Bruzzaniti]

Olly Betts wrote:
> Please don't top-post.
>
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:46:53AM +1030, Frank J Bruzzaniti wrote:
>   
>> I noticed that the default database is only unavailable during a merge.
>> E.g. If I do xapian-merge db1 db2 default
>>     
>
> ITYM xapian-compact.
>
>   
>> Is this normal?  How should I index/merge my collections without the 
>> database being unavailable.
>>     
>
> Yes, that's normal.
>
> If you want to always have a database available, make default a "stub
> database", create the new one under a new name, create a new stub
> database file under a new name (e.g. "default.tmp") and renamed that
> over the top of "default" for an atomic switchover (or despair at the
> lack of POSIX semantics if using Microsoft Windows).
>
> Cheers,
>     Olly
>   

Would it be better to always run omindex against the same database:
E.g. omindex --db default /files1
omindex --db default /files2

rather than creating 2 databases and merging them into 1?