Re: Search across multiple sources - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Oleg Bartunov
Subject Re: Search across multiple sources
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Msg-id Pine.GSO.4.58.0402011256220.2573@ra.sai.msu.su
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In response to Search across multiple sources  ("Merrall, Graeme" <gmerrall@team.aol7.com.au>)
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Why not use schema and single search table contains indices from
different schemes (use trigger to update search table)

On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Merrall, Graeme wrote:

>
> I don't think there's an easy way to do this but I thought I better ask just in case.  I'm trying to come up with a
wayto search across a number of databases without resorting to lots of horrible scripts. In one database I have a lot
ofnews stories from our news provider while in another database I have a lot of user entered content. Ideally I'd like
tosearch across both databases via a single web-based search form. 
>
> The obvious way is to create a tsearch index/table in both databases and then to connect to each one in turn and to
mergethe results together but that doesn't seem like the best solution and potentially there could be issues with
rankingand so on. 
>
> Is it possible to create a single search database which can store search data from a number of different databases.
Thisis all on the same server of course. 
>
> Another option I looked at was to use an external search tool lke mnogosearch
(http://www.mnogosearch.ru/doc/msearch-extended-indexing.html#htdb)although since I've used tsearch elsewhere it would
benice to use it here as well. 
>
> Cheers,
>  Graeme
>
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    Regards,
        Oleg
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