Thanks so much for the info. I hear a lot of great things about thinkingsphinx
On Jan 23, 8:26 pm, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lance > > Unfortunately, Sphinx itself only talks directly to databases or XML > files - and Thinking Sphinx doesn't yet support the latter (although > I'd like it to at some point). So, unless you want to store the file > information in the database instead - *and* it's a plain text format - > then I'm afraid Sphinx isn't the solution for you. I know you can > handle files somehow with Ferret, and I'd expect the same of Solr. No > idea about Xapian or others, though. > > Sorry I can't be of further help. > > -- > Pat > > On 24/01/2009, at 10:12 AM, viatropos wrote: > > > > > Hi there, > > > I'm new to ThinkingSphinx and am wondering if it allows you to search > > attachments (via paperclip/attachment_fu). Is it bad practice to > > store all html text content in external files with a reference just to > > the title in and it's url in the database? Could ThinkingSphinx > > search that stuff? If so, is there any benefit to storing things in > > files vs. blobs in the database in terms of searchability? > > > Thanks so much, > > Lance --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thinking Sphinx" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thinking-sphinx?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
