[ZODB-Dev] Best practices for indexing

[Diez Roggisch]

hi,

> The basic purpose of ZCatalog is surely not to index fancy datastructures
> but
> the attributes of content objects in the ZODB. Best you get the Zope Book
> 2.7 edition
> and read how ZCatalog works and what kind of indexes it provides to figure
> out
> if they match your usecase. 

Ok, so it seems its not - my objects are not so much text-based.

> Otherwise write your own index or try something 
> else :-)

Thats exactly my question - if there is some advice out there how to do that. 
I'm very well aware that I'm not very likely to get a pluggable solution to 
that - but some tips what people use to create indices, and how they deal 
with updating issues.

> For complex queries look at AdvancedQuery.

Interesting for ZOPE-related stuff, but the actual part of building and 
evaluating a query is handled by my little language. From what I understand, 
AdvancedQuery only enhances the expressional strength of queries against 
ZCatalog. 

Regards,

Diez