Re: Followup: opinions on Search services

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

Liam R. E. Quin wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 21:27 +0100, Jamie McCracken wrote:
> [...]
>
> > 2) Use of an SQL database is a far superior, faster and flexible 
> > solution to using a dedicated indexer like the lucerne engine (all other 
> > competing engines like spotlight use sql databases). This is one area 
> > search services has got right.
>
>
> Last time I worked on search and full-text indexing [1], relational
> databases were far from ideal, and the few vendors that had used
> them in that way had reimplemented using something more suitable.
>
> What has changed??


Cause its not just about indexing - We have metadata too and that really 
needs a DB. If all you want is a google on your hard drive then yes a 
dedicated indexer would be best but an RDBMS will give you expanidbility 
and flebility in handling structured metadata with more powerful search 
options.

jamie.

> Liam
>
> [1] http://www.holoweb.net/~liam/lq-text/