Book description
This concise introduction to Sphinx shows you how to use this free software to index an enormous number of documents and provide fast results to both simple and complex searches. Written by the creator of Sphinx, this authoritative book is short and to the point.
- Understand the particular way Sphinx conducts searches
- Install and configure Sphinx, and run a few basic tests
- Issue basic queries to Sphinx at the application level
- Learn the syntax of search text and the effects of various search options
- Get strategies for dealing with large data sets, such as multi-index searching
- Apply relevance and ranking guidelines for presenting best results to the user
Table of contents
- Introduction to Search with Sphinx
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- Preface
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1. The World of Text Search
- Terms and Concepts in Search
- Search Workflows
- Getting Started with Sphinx
- 3. Basic Indexing
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4. Basic Searching
- Matching Modes
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Full-Text Query Syntax
- Known Operators
- Escaping Special Characters
- AND and OR Operators and a Notorious Precedence Trap
- NOT Operator
- Field Limit Operator
- Phrase Operator
- Keyword Proximity Operator
- Quorum Operator
- Strict Order (BEFORE) Operator
- NEAR Operator
- SENTENCE and PARAGRAPH Operators
- ZONE Limit Operator
- Keyword Modifiers
- Result Set Contents and Limits
- Searching Multiple Indexes
- Result Set Processing
- 5. Managing Indexes
- 6. Relevance and Ranking
- About the Author
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- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Introduction to Search with Sphinx
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2011
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781449308667
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