Check out the biography serach at www.infoplease.com/people.html
This is done with postgresQL and php. Of course, it's not a complete
or general search, but it does work
> From: "Wim Ceulemans" <wim.ceulemans@nice.be>
> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 17:58:35 +0200
>
> Has anyone any experience whether it is possible to build with a PostgreSQl
> database and a linux box a search engine for a portal?
>
> Wim Ceulemans - wim.ceulemans@nice.be
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