[fpc-pascal] very simple text indexing system

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to implement a very simple text indexing system (full
> text search) for one of our products. I know there are a few products
> our there I can use in combination with RDBMS etc...  But I would like
> to keep the 3rdParty components down to a minimum. So I thought, if I
> could implement something myself and be able to compile it into our
> software, that would be great.
> 
> I must admit, I have no idea how text indexing software work. So maybe
> my idea is unrealistic.  Either way, does anybody think something like
> this is possible in a few days?  Anybody got some articles or
> documents explaining the basics of how text indexing and full text
> search systems work?

Check this out:

http://ioda.sourceforge.net/

If you don't use their code, at least it'll give you some ideas.

Michael.