Thanks Matthew! I knew some guys that are Lucene experts, so I will probably contact them.
My site is using openBD and Microsoft SQL Server. Right now we are using SQL 2000 but will port to 2008 once everything is done. Getting a demo online quickly is our biggest goal. Comparing search features available with SQL Server vs. Lucene, do you have a preference? I'll need not only text based search, but column to column search as well. What I mean is that we will have detailed forms that isolate each column in tables as search criteria. For instance, one of our tables, for vehicles, is just a set of columns that are 'bit' data types for features such as air conditioning, cd player, etc. In the search form, users could select, via check box, whether to search for records that meet this criteria. So if you wanted to search for cars with leather seats, you would simply check the "leather seats" option, and that criteria would be passed along with the search. This seems like something we could go straight to the database for. What do you think? I'm still reading up on Lucene and how it works so maybe my research will answer that question. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Open BlueDragon Public Mailing List http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en official site @ http://www.openbluedragon.org/ !! save a network - trim replies before posting !! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
