True. I should have chosen my words more carefully. I guess I've always kind of lumped database full-text searching into the same category as indexes. So to better word my question: I wonder if a well planned db/query/cache structure (ie. indexes, full text searching, making use of evidence operators etc) would see significantly slower performance than search collections.
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 12:14 AM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I do wonder now though, with the resources available to db servers now, > if > > a well indexed db would really perform significantly slower. Ten years > ago > > it was almost a given that a collection was faster, but I wonder now if > that > > still holds true. > > Indexes don't really help with substring searches unless you're > looking at the beginning of the string, though. So if you have that > kind of content in a field, a full-text search solution will work much > better than an SQL query. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342042 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
