Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > clamped to 16383. Duplicate position entries are discarded.
> > ----------------------------------------
>
> > However in my testing of 8.3 duplicate position entries are not
> > discarded:
>
> > test=> SELECT 'a:1 b:1'::tsvector;
> > tsvector
> > -------------
> > 'a':1 'b':1
> > (1 row)
>
> Those aren't duplicates, because they're not attached to the same
> lexeme. The comment is talking about this behavior:
>
> regression=# SELECT 'a:1 a:1'::tsvector;
> tsvector
> ----------
> 'a':1
> (1 row)
>
> regression=# SELECT 'a:1,2,1'::tsvector;
> tsvector
> ----------
> 'a':1,2
> (1 row)
OK, thanks. I will clarify the documentation. Patch attached and
applied.
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document. Positional information can be used for
<firstterm>proximity ranking</firstterm>. Position values can
range from 1 to 16383; larger numbers are silently clamped to 16383.
! Duplicate position entries are discarded.
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document. Positional information can be used for
<firstterm>proximity ranking</firstterm>. Position values can
range from 1 to 16383; larger numbers are silently clamped to 16383.
! Duplicate positions for the same lexeme are discarded.
</para>
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