Re: Search engine that works with MS SQL Server

Maurício Linhares
Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:22:24 -0000

Why don''t you use a full text search engine that doesn''t
require a
database -> http://lucene.apache.org/solr/

Can''t understand why people still try to use Sphinx, when it
doesn''t
get any near Solr''s features and doesn''t update the indexes on
the
fly.

-
Maurício Linhares
http://alinhavado.wordpress.com/ (pt-br) | http://blog.codevader.com/ (en)



On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 4:34 AM, Carsten Gehling
<rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
> Can anyone recommend a search engine for Rails that works with MS SQL
> Server?
>
> I have good experience in using Sphinx and the Rails plugin UltraSphinx.
> Unfortunately, it supports only MySQL and PostgreSQL. The newest beta
> version does add support for MSSQLServer, but only if Sphinx is
> installed on a Windows machine - and I have to run it on Debian Linux.
>
> So if anyone knows of a similar search engine, that supports the above,
> I would be very grateful. Especially if it already has a plugin for
> Rails. :-)
>
> - Carsten
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
> >