Full-Text databases (Oracle ConText, Informix Text Datablades, Sybase Text, Texis, PLS, etc. - any opinions?

From: <no.email_at_nowhere.com>
Date: 1999/02/09
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I have an application that requires searching on a combination of structured and free-text fields. I'm considering using:

Oracle with ConText
Informix with one of their Text DataBlades Sybase with their fulltext feature
Thunderstone's Texis
Other solutions which seem more kludgy (PLS, hacked versions of SWISH-E, etc.).

Anyone used any of these? Have any opinion on them?

I'm particularly concerned with:

• performance: I know that at least unti the current versions, ConText made temporary results tables and did joins for each search. This seems rather slow.
  - ease of set-up and ease of use
  
  • necessity to re-index and usability of continuous incremental indexes
  • scalability: replication issues, etc.

Thanks!
RL

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