| From: | Joshua Tolley <eggyknap(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Mag Gam <magawake(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL List - Novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: storing a text file |
| Date: | 2010-02-14 19:29:34 |
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On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 09:39:13AM -0500, Mag Gam wrote:
> I would like to index several documents. They are all text files, I
> was wondering what is the best way to do this. I was thinking to have
> a column which will have:
>
> *docid (serial)
> date (timestamp)
> document (varchar)
>
> Eventually, I would like to access these documents via a webbrowser
> and I would like to search these documents. Each document is about 10
> to 20kb in size.
>
> My question is, what datatype would be ideal for "document" field?
> Also, any thoughts and recommendations ?
Make it a TEXT type. You can use PostgreSQL's full text search options for
searching across the set of all documents for given words or phrases.
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Joshua Tolley / eggyknap
End Point Corporation
http://www.endpoint.com
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