Re: tsvector stemmer issue

From: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)ymail(dot)com>
To: Jeff Trout <threshar(at)real(dot)jefftrout(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: tsvector stemmer issue
Date: 2013-11-22 20:29:58
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Jeff Trout <threshar(at)real(dot)jefftrout(dot)com> wrote:

> ran into an interesting issue - and I’m not sure if anything can
> be done about it - the snowball stemmer treats “severance” and
> “several” as the same, which for me is a big, big issue.

You can create a custom dictionary chain.  The only type I worked
with was thesaurus, but it was pretty easy once I read the relevant
docs.  It is only custom *parsers* that are a pain, but it doesn't
sound like you need that.

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Kevin Grittner
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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