From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | scrappy(at)hub(dot)org (The Hermit Hacker) |
Cc: | nhumfrey(at)poboxes(dot)com, pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] Text Databases |
Date: | 1998-12-04 15:28:00 |
Message-ID: | 199812041528.KAA17514@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Nicholas Humfrey wrote:
>
> >
> > On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Dustin Sallings wrote:
> > >it sounds like you're looking at the wrong tool for a particular job.
> >
> > I am trying to get the best of both worlds. A good relational database
> > system as well as being able to do text searches in mutiple fields.
> >
> > On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > >See the 'fulltextindex' directory under the contrib directory.
> >
> > How fast is PostgreSQL at searching for text. Should I, as Dustin Sallings
> > wrote look for a different relational database system ? I like PostgreSQL's
> > features especially free source code, so I can run it on different
> > platforms (Sparc,PPC,i486 etc.) Is there a more suitable free system
> > available ?
>
> From reading the README file in the fulltextindex directory, it
> looks like the way they implemented it should be as fast as any other of
> the indices....check the README file and see what you think...
Yes, it should be.
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