Sitecore rebuild

If you run a sitecore setup with multiple front end servers, you will find that you occasionally need to manually rebuild the lucene indexes or the link database.

Place the script below in the root of your site. Very Handy.

  <script runat="server">  
     public string Database  
     {  
       get  
       {  
         return string.IsNullOrEmpty(Request["dbname"]) ? "web" : Request["dbname"];  
       }  
     }  
     protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)  
     {  
       var database = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase(Database);  
       if (Request.QueryString["index"] == "true")  
         RebuildIndexes(database);  
       if (Request.QueryString["link"] == "true")  
         RebuildLinksDatabase(database);  
     }  
     protected void RebuildIndexes(Sitecore.Data.Database database)  
     {  
       if (database != null)  
       {  
         DateTime start = DateTime.Now;  
         for (int i = 0; i < database.Indexes.Count; i++)  
         {  
           WriteToResponse(String.Format("Rebuilding {0} index", database.Indexes[i].Name));  
    try {  
           database.Indexes[i].Rebuild(database);  
    }  
    catch(Exception ex)  
    {  
    WriteToResponse("Error while rebuilding index: " + ex.Message);  
    }  
           WriteToResponse(String.Format("Index {0} rebuilt", database.Indexes[i].Name));  
         }  
         TimeSpan elapsed = DateTime.Now - start;  
         WriteToResponse("Indexes rebuilt in " + elapsed.TotalMilliseconds + " ms");  
       }  
     }  
     protected void RebuildLinksDatabase(Sitecore.Data.Database database)  
     {  
       WriteToResponse("Rebuilding Links database");  
       DateTime start = DateTime.Now;  
       Sitecore.Globals.LinkDatabase.Rebuild(database);  
       TimeSpan elapsed = DateTime.Now - start;  
       WriteToResponse("Links database rebuilt in " + elapsed.TotalMilliseconds + " ms");  
     }  
     protected void WriteToResponse(string str)  
     {  
       Response.Write(str + "<br/>");  
       Response.Flush();  
     }      
   </script>