How to add a new rt_field In Sphinx RT on a pre-existing index?

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Using sphinx RT (realtime), I have a current working setup. But I want to add a new field to track: `rt_field new_field` After adding the above to my sphinx.conf, and issuing a `/etc/init.d/sphinxsearch restart`, trying to populate sphinx produces an error saying that my `new_field` is an unknown column. (The documentation doesn't clearly mentions this for RT indexes.) The question: Do I have to delete the index file and let sphinx recreate it or is there a way to update one and how?

Accepted Answer

Any changes in Sphinx RT index structure required to recreate index and re-index from scratch. So, you need to create new index and re-index all data.

How to add a new rt_field In Sphinx RT on a pre-existing index?

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