Re: request: search engine for PostgreSQL site

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Robert Bernier
> Sent: 22 January 2005 22:17
> To: Tom Lane
> Cc: John Hansen; maillist@shauny.de; pgsql-www@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] request: search engine for PostgreSQL site
>
> > Why would you think that should be the default?
>
> People search because they want help and help is found by
> looking at what
> other people have to say about a given issue.

The docs are always the first place I look, as they are the
authoritative source of published information.

However, the searches are context sensitive, they do not try to think
for you - for example, if you seach from a docs page, you get results
from that doc set. If you search from the archives, you get results for
the archives. If you search from the main site, you get results from
that site. Having the searches return results only from some site other
than the one the user searches from (event if just a default option)
will just confuse people.

Regards, Dave.