Re: tsearch2 dictionary for statute cites

Kevin,

in 8.4 it'd be possible to use prefix search, see our presentation
about GIN at PGCon 2008. For now you can use dict_regexp, which
allows to use perl's regular expressions. Get it from
http://vo.astronet.ru/arxiv/dict_regex.html

Oleg

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Kevin Grittner wrote:

> Has anyone dealt with the issue of using tsearch2 with statute cites
> yet? Do you have a sample dictionary or any tips? We need to confirm
> with the users, but I think desired behavior is that a statute cite of
> '813.12(1)(am)' should be found on any leading portions -- that is,
> any of the following search arguments should find it:
>
> 813
> 813.12
> 813.12(1)
> 813.12(1)(am)
>
> On the other hand, a document containing '813.12(1)' (without the
> '(am)' should be found by the first three of the above, but not the
> last.
>
> This would seem to require using a slightly different dictionary set
> to create the tsquery than to create the tsvector. There's no problem
> with that, is there?
>
> -Kevin
>
>

Regards,
Oleg
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