James - don't repeat the whole of the previous message in your replies,
trim it to the relevant part. The message is already archived on the list.
James Dooley wrote:
> Oleg, but I am only interested in whether or not the syntax of my
> search-query is correct.
>
> Having created the index as I mentioned above, would the correct way of
> searching and using that index be
>
> ... AND (title || '' || description || '' || name) @@ plainto_tsquery('car')
That looks like a correct syntax, but it's unlikely to use your index -
your index was created on to_tsvector('my_config', ...)
> or should it be as Richard just mentioned
>
> ... AND to_tsvector(title || '' || description || '' || name) @@
> plainto_tsquery('car')
>
> or some other way ?
Try playing around with the example I gave, and try variations on it. Do
you understand why you have to supply a config when creating the
functional index? Do you understand the difference between
plainto_tsquery() and to_tsquery()?
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
