I'm no 'expert' but I can share what I've seen.
interMedia has functionality built in to execute 'fuzzy' searches. However, when you use fuzzy() be prepared for much slower performance. I believe there was wildcard functionality too - I didn't use it. I stuck to the entire word match because performance was miserable if I used any of the functions provided.
So, in short - a lot more work (maintaining the index) for a minimal improvement in performance.
HTH
Lisa Koivu
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph S. Testa [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 2:35 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: Re: function index for like '%string%'
good question, i've not tried any intermedia/context stuff.
any experts out there?
Joe
"Thater, William" wrote:
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> On Fri, 1 Jun 2001,Joseph S. Testa scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon:
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> ->i spent about a week about 6 months ago looking for something to fill
> ->that possibility to no avail.
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> dumb question would a contex... oh excuse me InterMedia index work?
>
> ->
> ->joe
> ->Rachel Carmichael wrote:
> ->>
> ->> she knows why it isn't being used. What Suzy wants to know (and I do too,
> ->> because I have a similar situation) is if there is a way to create an index
> ->> that will let you search with the like clause.
> ->>
> ->> Unfortunately my gut instinct is that you can't make Oracle do that
> ->>
> ->> >From: "Hillman, Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ->> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ->> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ->> >Subject: RE: function index for like '%string%'
> ->> >Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 14:11:08 -0800
> ->> >
> ->> >index is not used because you have leading % in the like predicate.
> ->> >
> ->> >Alex Hillman
> ->> >
> ->> >-----Original Message-----
> ->> >Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 5:09 PM
> ->> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> ->> >
> ->> >
> ->> >
> ->> >I've created a function index for lower(column_name). However the query
> ->> >does
> ->> >a like comparison rather than equality so the index isn't used. Is there a
> ->> >way to create a function index for this?
> ->> >
> ->> >Here's the index and query:
> ->> >
> ->> >create index fx1_auth_users
> ->> >on auth_users (lower(current_email)
> ->> >tablespace app01_midx ;
> ->> >
> ->> >select current_email from auth_users
> ->> >where lower(current_email) like '%datsit.com%' ;
> ->> >
> ->> >Thanks much,
> ->> >Suzy
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