[Xapian-discuss] Error after upgrading to latest xapian distro

[Henry C.]

On Tue, June 21, 2011 22:05, Ash Gupta wrote:
> I upgraded to latest xapian version and I have started getting
>
> xapian.InvalidArgumentError: Term too long (> 245): XTEXT...
>
> This issue was not there in 1.0.16 but it is in the latest version.

I occasionally encounter this issue in the wild as well - you need to check
that individual terms in your data don't exceed 245 chars.  Realistically,
what word (in any language) exceeds this length anyway?

Regards
Henry