Re: Simplifying Text Search

Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > Better idea:
>
> > create function
> > contains(sourceText text, searchText text, config text) returns boolean
> > as $$
> > to_tsvector(config, sourceText) @@ to_tsquery(config, searchText);
> > $$ language sql;
>
> I think you have confused "simple query syntax" with "easy to use".
>
> The above does make the query notation look nicer, but the query will
> not actually go fast unless the DBA has made an expression index on
> to_tsvector('desired config', textcolumn). Thus, in terms of getting
> people "over the hump" of doing their first decently-performing text
> search, you haven't reduced the number of concepts to be understood
> at all; rather, you've added one more. People will still have to
> understand the complexity that contains() is supposedly hiding.
> Worse, they'll have to make the connection between two completely
> different-looking syntaxes every time they look at their schemas.

Yes, this the same problem we had months ago trying to improve the
syntax, that there was no easy syntax that covered all common use cases.

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