Complex Searches
Date: 16 Nov 2003 22:51:32 -0800
Message-ID: <88a9861a.0311162251.883d6c_at_posting.google.com>
I am looking to write a complex search facility for customers to
search on product descriptions. This area is something like data
mining, and crosses with a number of db areas.
I would like any pointers to books which may help.
Basic Problem Outline
Data is stored on part and partdesc, price etc from a range of
manufacturers.
Cust can search based on a desire, eg cheap bath shower mixer, chrome
bsm etc
Stored Data:
etc (100's of combinations)
The actual descs contain the information but not in a literal form.
Proposed Solution
dbs from different merged dbs into one db, taking commonalities as
much as possible.
Cust request string is cut up and searched against the db. This
requires some knowledge of how srings can be cut up and how data in a
structure relates to the string.
When I was a postgraduate, years ago, I remember that people have
tried to understand these problems and never really succeeded.
Now, I have my own commercial problem for my own company which is more