Re: [GENERAL] Text Databases

> 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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