Re: performance question

It sounds like you need a LDAP rather than a database. If you use Oracle, you can try the intermedia option, or context in the pre-8i versions.

Charles

"Craig Taylor" <craigtaylor2_at_home.com> wrote in message news:Bjwk6.45682$HG.10712850_at_news4.rdc1.on.home.com...
> Hi,
>
> I really appreciate any insight anyone can offer me.
>
> I am about to set up a small search engine for my shopping site. I have
 just
> over 1100 products now, but I am expecting much more (knock on wood).
>
> I want to use indexing to speed things up. The tables for the search will
> not be updated (insert deletes etc).
>
> My question has to do with the whether to break the product description
> field down into individual words and store them as new fields (and index
> them), or to use a "LIKE" query to search the description field for the
> word. Also, can I use indexing with a "LIKE".
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Craig
>
>
Received on Thu Feb 22 2001 - 05:55:03 CET