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
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