| Re: L18N and search engine [message #4639 is a reply to message #4631] |
Thu, 01 August 2002 16:39  |
Ilia
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MySQL by nature is case-insensetive and our PostgreSQL searching code is case-sensetive as well. So, searching for FOoBaR will find FOOBAR as well as foobar and all other wonderful combinations thereof.
As for special handling of é like characters and plural/singular as well as gender prefix that is unlikely to be part of FUDforum.
There is a good reason for this, Google and all other major search engines have massive server farms used for searching and indexing data, allowing them to do all kindsa neet things as far as searching goes.
On the other hand FUDforum in most cases runs on shared servers (vhosts) where cpu time is limited and speed is of the essence. Therefor it is impossible to make 'smart searching' without making the search inanly slow. Heck, if you go around you'll notice that many web forums, especially large ones turn off their search systems completely, since those cause large load when used frequently. FUDforum search is pretty fast in comparison to other search system, but even then it is relatively slow, making it even slower is not an option.
Do not despair however, you can write your own search system with 'smartness' or use an existing search product to index FUDforum's messages. Although, I am unfamiliar with any Opensource search projects that support the level of 'smartness' you mentioned.
Keep in mind that Advanced Internet Designs Inc., the company which develops FUDforum does do commercial development, so if you are really interested in the feature we can help you integrate FUDforum data into an existing search engine product or write a custom search engine for your purposes.
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