[Zope] Proximity searches w/ ZCatalog
Supposedly proximity searches are possible... like "FIDELITY within 8 words of MUTUAL FUNDS." Can't find anything in docs. Anybody have a suggestion here... Thanks, Sean = Sean Upton Senior Programmer/Analyst SignOnSanDiego.com The San Diego Union-Tribune 619.718.5241 [EMAIL PROTECTED] = ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Proximity searches w/ ZCatalog
Really using ZCatalog? I've never heard of that. There some globbing searches *? etc, but nothing like that is readily apparent from the API. Sounds like an interesting (ie complicated) idea... -- Andy McKay. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 8:41 AM Subject: [Zope] Proximity searches w/ ZCatalog Supposedly proximity searches are possible... like "FIDELITY within 8 words of MUTUAL FUNDS." Can't find anything in docs. Anybody have a suggestion here... Thanks, Sean = Sean Upton Senior Programmer/Analyst SignOnSanDiego.com The San Diego Union-Tribune 619.718.5241 [EMAIL PROTECTED] = ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Proximity searches w/ ZCatalog
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Supposedly proximity searches are possible... like "FIDELITY within 8 words of MUTUAL FUNDS." Can't find anything in docs. Anybody have a suggestion here... Yeah, I think you'd put "FIDELITY ... MUTUAL FUNDS" in the search box. I think Dieter Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the code, so he's probably a good person to speak to :-) cheers, Chris ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Proximity searches w/ ZCatalog
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Supposedly proximity searches are possible... like "FIDELITY within 8 words of MUTUAL FUNDS." Can't find anything in docs. Anybody have a suggestion here... Zope supports some proximity searches, but it provides far less control than you ask for. The proximity operator is "...". It is essentially an "and" with a score depending on the distance. You will not get more control. Dieter ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Proximity searches w/ ZCatalog
Chris Withers writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Supposedly proximity searches are possible... like "FIDELITY within 8 words of MUTUAL FUNDS." Can't find anything in docs. Anybody have a suggestion here... Yeah, I think you'd put "FIDELITY ... MUTUAL FUNDS" in the search box. I think Dieter Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the code, so he's probably a good person to speak to :-) No, I just looked for bugs in it and found several. It is almost as you described: the proximity operator is "..." you can not control the distance "..." is effectively an "and" with a high score when the terms are near together and a lower score for higher distances term in "..." are effectively combined with "...", thus: '"bear wine champagner"' is equivalent to 'bear ... wine ... champagner' ZCatalog would interpret "FIDELITY ... MUTUAL FUNDS" as "(FIDELITY ... MUTUAL) or FUNDS" The nearest result what "sean" asked for, would probably be 'FIDELITY ... "MUTUAL FUNDS"', which is equivalent to 'FIDELITY ... (MUTUAL ... FUNDS)'. I have not too much confidence in ZCatalog (yet ; this may change now that Chris P is responsible for it). I doubt, it will implement "A ... B ... C" sensefully. It is a big question, all together, whether a binary operator is the correct choice for proximity. Dieter ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
