Re: Anyone used OMNIDEX to speed up contains searches (%term%)??

On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 10:18:51 -0000, "Dave Sutton" <dpsutton_at_marchsystems.co.uk> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>We need to get faster performance on 'contains' searches of the form
>%searchterm% which of course require a full table scan.
>
>Somebody a while ago suggested looking at full text search plug-ins such as
>those provided by OMNIDEX. My fear is that I would have to rewrite my
>applications to channel certain queries through an API which is really not
>an option for me. Am I correct?
>
>Is there anything out there that will provide greater search performance
>without the need to submit queries through a different interface?
>
>I noticed that the latest Microsoft SQL Server offering included a full text
>search capability - does Oracle 8 include a similar facility?
>
>
>I'd appreciate any help or advice you can provide.
>
>
>Dave Sutton
>

Oracle 8(i) *enterprise* comes with Intermedia. This addresses text search, blob search and searches for similar data.

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA Received on Fri Feb 23 2001 - 05:05:34 CST