Re: Full text search
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1999
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 22403
interpreted = N
texte = >I am just wondering, what has more effect on speed with wo???data: >Number of records? Number of fields? Can I multiply records x fields to get >a rule of thumb for a specific machine? >My search requires grouping - does grouping speed up or slow down?Yes, you can probably do simple multiplication as a rule of thumb. Grouping slows down linearly with the number of fields you add to the group, as though you had added more wo????data fields.>I tried to push WebCat beyond the limit, with 500.000 records and 10 >fields. Like all databases it is still usable, when it finds one or few >records. But it gets exhausted (no wonder) when it finds many records. >Maybe I should set up a learning dirty words-system to store all requests >which return more then 500 records or so and forbid them in the future. >This technique makes sense with 4D - but makes it sense for WebCat too?Not sure exactly what this means, but if you're trying to 'clean up' search requests by removing words like a an and the for is before performing the search, then that's probably a good idea.Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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>I am just wondering, what has more effect on speed with wo???data: >Number of records? Number of fields? Can I multiply records x fields to get >a rule of thumb for a specific machine? >My search requires grouping - does grouping speed up or slow down?Yes, you can probably do simple multiplication as a rule of thumb. Grouping slows down linearly with the number of fields you add to the group, as though you had added more wo????data fields.>I tried to push WebCat beyond the limit, with 500.000 records and 10 >fields. Like all databases it is still usable, when it finds one or few >records. But it gets exhausted (no wonder) when it finds many records. >Maybe I should set up a learning dirty words-system to store all requests >which return more then 500 records or so and forbid them in the future. >This technique makes sense with 4D - but makes it sense for WebCat too?Not sure exactly what this means, but if you're trying to 'clean up' search requests by removing words like a an and the for is before performing the search, then that's probably a good idea.Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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