According to Geoff Hutchison:
> On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Berrebi Jeremie wrote:
> > I'm looking for a search engine (GPL) to index and search a MS SQL Server or
> > an mSQL database ? Do you know if I can do that with HTDig ? Do you know
> > other search engine like that ?
>
> You can do this with ht://Dig if there's a web frontend that ht://Dig can
> spider. Keep in mind that it may be more useful for a custom SQL database
> to simply write (or contract for) a SQL query engine that works directly,
> rather than assembling its own word indexes, etc.
I've just added the following to the FAQ on the web site, because this
is very much an FAQ. I'd be interested in feedback about whether this
adequately answers the question, or if a change in wording is in order.
Thanks.
1.18. Can I use ht://Dig to index and search an SQL database?
You can if your database has a web-based front end that can be
"spidered" by ht://Dig. The requirement is that every search
result must resolve to a unique URL which can be accessed via
HTTP. The htdig program uses these URLs, which you feed it
via the start_url attribute, to fetch and index each page of
information. The search results will then give a list of URLs for
all pages that match the search terms. If you don't have such a
front end to your database, or the search results must be given as
something other than URLs, then ht://Dig is probably not the best
way of dealing with this problem: you may be better off using
an SQL query engine that works directly on your own database,
rather than building a separate ht://Dig database for searching.
--
Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada)
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