limited fulltext search
Reported by Mein Klang | August 6th, 2013 @ 12:56 PM
Hello,
I am using piggydb-standalone on Lubuntu (german localization).
While trying to retrieve information from fragments I noticed
problems with the search mechanism.
There is three things, two that seem local to my machine, as tested against http://piggydb.jp/example/
1) On my local machine words are only found, if they are part of a fragment title. But then they get found inside text fragments as well. Words that only appear in fragment content are not found.
Example
Fragment title:Verallgemeinerte Koordinate
Finds fragment for: Verallgemeinerte,
Koordinate
But not for: allgemein, Koordinat
Does not find any of the words in the fragment content/body.
2) Related is the irregular partial matching. Since I am writing
in German I have to deal with lots of small word variations due to
grammar i.e. Koordinate, Koordinaten; Haus,
Häuser. I am quite used to regex or placeholders, but
on my local machine piggydb
cannot find partial matches at all. Using Ctrl+F on the browser
page is not a happy solution.
3) When I use your example instance I often see no partial
matching either. Is this a feature, not a bug?
Search for worth, compare worthy. I was
expecting to find both as long as I don't ask for strict
matching.
Search for order, compare rder.
BUT search for war and it will find
coward.
Downloaded piggydb 6.12
Running piggydb from terminal since I am still working out the
problems similar to ticket #51.
Moved actual database inside my home folder and changed file prefix
accordingly in application.properties.
java -version
java version "1.7.0_25"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.3.10) (7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.13.04.2)
OpenJDK Client VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode, sharing)
I'd be glad for any feedback to help me get this great
application to it's full potential on my system.
If you let me know what log files/system info you would you need
for further analysis, I'll provide them ASAP.
So long, and thanks for all the ... piggydb
MK
Comments and changes to this ticket
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marubinotto August 9th, 2013 @ 02:50 AM
- State changed from “new” to “hold”
Hi MK,
Thank you for your feedback and detailed report.
Most of the problems you pointed out are the limitation of the current fulltext-search feature. It does not support spelling variants, so words need to be exactly matched to the search word in order to be found.
Basically it is for gaining performance in searching (piggydb's database could become quite large), but it can be improved, for example, to support spelling variants. I'll keep this ticket for future improvements.
Does not find any of the words in the fragment content/body.
Could you post an example exported file that reproduces this problem?
Running piggydb from terminal since I am still working out the problems similar to ticket #51.
Okay, I will investigate this problem further and response to the ticket #51.
Best regards,
Daisuke
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