UpdateAttributes

UpdateAttributes

Prototype: function UpdateAttributes ( $index, $attrs, $values, $mva=false, $ignorenonexistent=false )

Instantly updates given attribute values in given documents. Returns number of actually updated documents (0 or more) on success, or -1 on failure.

$index is a name of the index (or indexes) to be updated. $attrs is a plain array with string attribute names, listing attributes that are updated. $values is a hash where key is document ID, and value is a plain array of new attribute values. Optional boolean parameter mva points that there is update of MVA attributes. In this case the $values must be a dict with int key (document ID) and list of lists of int values (new MVA attribute values). Optional boolean parameter $ignorenonexistent (added in version 2.1.1-beta) points that the update will silently ignore any warnings about trying to update a column which is not exists in current index schema.

$index can be either a single index name or a list, like in Query(). Unlike Query(), wildcard is not allowed and all the indexes to update must be specified explicitly. The list of indexes can include distributed index names. Updates on distributed indexes will be pushed to all agents.

The updates only work with docinfo=extern storage strategy. They are very fast because they're working fully in RAM, but they can also be made persistent: updates are saved on disk on clean searchd shutdown initiated by SIGTERM signal. With additional restrictions, updates are also possible on MVA attributes; refer to mva_updates_pool directive for details.

Usage example:

$cl->UpdateAttributes ( "test1", array("group_id"), array(1=>array(456)) );
$cl->UpdateAttributes ( "products", array ( "price", "amount_in_stock" ),
    array ( 1001=>array(123,5), 1002=>array(37,11), 1003=>(25,129) ) );

The first sample statement will update document 1 in index “test1”, setting “group_id” to 456. The second one will update documents 1001, 1002 and 1003 in index “products”. For document 1001, the new price will be set to 123 and the new amount in stock to 5; for document 1002, the new price will be 37 and the new amount will be 11; etc.

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