I have encountered situations where Xpath is faster than cts:search.. It depends how the xpath has been constructed.. and how many results would the xpath return. If your Xpath has '//' then that would definitely slow down.
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:17 AM, seme...@hotmail.com <seme...@hotmail.com>wrote: > I mean in general. I've always heard that cts:search is almost always as > fast or faster than XPath. I'm finding that to be the case, and wondering > why that is the case in general. > > ------------------------------ > From: breinhol...@ldschurch.org > > To: general@developer.marklogic.com > Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 09:11:17 -0600 > Subject: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] Why is cts:search so much faster than > XPath? > > > Perhaps you could give us the XPath and the cts:search() code. It would > make it easier to diagnose. > > > > - Keith > > > > *From:* general-boun...@developer.marklogic.com [mailto: > general-boun...@developer.marklogic.com] *On Behalf Of * > seme...@hotmail.com > *Sent:* Thursday, May 12, 2011 9:05 AM > *To:* general@developer.marklogic.com > *Subject:* [MarkLogic Dev General] Why is cts:search so much faster than > XPath? > > > > I wrote awhile ago that I thought it was usually best to use search:search > for full text searching, cts:search for node selection out of the db, and > XPath for node selection within a document. I just ran into a situation that > doing the same query for nodes in the DB using cts:search was 6 times faster > than using XPath. > > So what is it about cts:search that makes it so fast? I assume that there > are optimizations under the covers, but how is cts:search able to gain from > the optimizations but XPath is not? Just curious. > > -Ryan > > > > NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) > and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized > review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all > copies of the original message. > > > _______________________________________________ General mailing list > General@developer.marklogic.com > http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@developer.marklogic.com > http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general > > -- Regards Abishek
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