[Zope] ZCatalog and 'fuzzy logic'

sean.upton@uniontrib.com sean.upton@uniontrib.com
Tue, 09 Jan 2001 09:16:09 -0800


My understanding is that part of the problem is that sorting a dataset based
upon regular expression (doesn't matter what algorithm you use) creates a
rather large tree of possibilities that is largely impractical to sort, at
least not without a lot of overhead.  

My compromise for the searches that I'm planning on using is to allow regex
searches of "search results" from the catalog.  This requires a bit more
patience, as it is an unindexed search...

Sean

-----Original Message-----
From: Morten W. Petersen [mailto:morten@esol.no]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 7:46 AM
To: zope-dev@zope.org; zope@zope.org
Subject: [Zope] ZCatalog and 'fuzzy logic'


Is there anyone who could try to give an estimate of how long it would
take to add fuzzy logic (regexp-like) searching capability to the
ZCatalog?

And reasoning as to why would be appreciated. ;)

-Morten


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