Thread: ts_tovector() to_query()

"Severn, Chris" <chris_severn@chernay.com> wrote:

> I have a statement that is like this
>
> SELECT m.* FROM movies m
>   WHERE to_tsvector(m.item_title) @@ to_tsquery('Robocop|DVD|Collection')
>
> this works, but it correctly returns all the matching records
> that have any of the query items in them.
>
> What I want to do is return items that have 'Robocop' or 'Robocop
> and DVD' or 'Robocop and Collection' or 'Robocop and DVD and
> collection'
>
> is there an operator for the tsvector / tsquery relationship that
> will do this?  Or am I forced to sift through the results of the
> initial query after the fact?

SELECT m.* FROM movies m
  WHERE to_tsvector(m.item_title) @@ to_tsquery('Robocop & (DVD | Collection)')

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On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@ymail.com> wrote:
>> What I want to do is return items that have 'Robocop' or 'Robocop
>> and DVD' or 'Robocop and Collection' or 'Robocop and DVD and
>> collection'
>
> SELECT m.* FROM movies m
>   WHERE to_tsvector(m.item_title) @@ to_tsquery('Robocop & (DVD | Collection)')

It wont return items that have 'Robocop' entry only.

[local]:5432 postgres@postgres=#
select to_tsvector('robocop') @@ to_tsquery('robocop & (dvd | collection)');
 ?column?
----------
 f
(1 row)

But to_tsquery('robocop | (robocop & (dvd | collection))')  will do the trick.

[local]:5432 postgres@postgres=#
select to_tsvector('robocop') @@ to_tsquery('robocop | (robocop & (dvd
| collection))');
 ?column?
----------
 t
(1 row)

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On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 08:50:50PM +0000, Severn, Chris wrote:
> What I want to do is return items that have 'Robocop' or 'Robocop and
> DVD' or 'Robocop and Collection' or 'Robocop and DVD and collection'

Based on the criteria above, I would say that:
SELECT m.* FROM movies m WHERE to_tsvector(m.item_title) @@ to_tsquery('Robocop')

will do what you need, since "dvd" and "collection" are irrelevant for
the results.

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depesz

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Because the query is what the user is typing in. I don't know what words the user is going to search for. if they
simplysearch for 'Robocop' that would work. But how do I handle the search if they type in more than one word and still
returnhalf way accurate results? 
 

I suppose after talking through it a bit, this may be more of a ranking issue than an actual query issue. I will read
upmore on ranking in the postgres docs. I skimmed past it since it didn't seem to apply, but now looking over it again,
Ithink it could help.
 

Thanks.
Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: depesz@depesz.com [mailto:depesz@depesz.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 7:59 AM
To: Severn, Chris
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] ts_tovector() to_query()

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 08:50:50PM +0000, Severn, Chris wrote:
> What I want to do is return items that have 'Robocop' or 'Robocop and 
> DVD' or 'Robocop and Collection' or 'Robocop and DVD and collection'

Based on the criteria above, I would say that:
SELECT m.* FROM movies m WHERE to_tsvector(m.item_title) @@ to_tsquery('Robocop')

will do what you need, since "dvd" and "collection" are irrelevant for the results.

Best regards,

depesz

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