[support] SOLR or Sphinx

[Chad Fennell]

Oh, yeah, it looks like support for 4.x is on the way but not quite
there yet (see http://drupal.org/node/1550964). So, I would use the
3.6.x series, I guess.

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Kamal Palei <palei.kamal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Chad
> Thanks for the information. I am now bit pro towards solr.
>
> Probably you might be using solr 1.4.1 version. Looks this 1.4.1 version is
> not available for download now.
> I see 3.6.x and 4.x.x versions available for download.
>
> Can I use solr 3.6.x or 4.x.x versions instead of 4.x.x versions?
>
> Thanks
> Kamal
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Chad Fennell <fenne035 at umn.edu> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Kamal Palei <palei.kamal at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi All
>> > As I will be first time implementing searching stuff , need some
>> > guidance
>> > from you.
>> >
>> > My requirement is I need to search key words from tables, or from files
>> > stored in web server.
>> > When I was seraching in google, came across SOLR and Sphinx.
>> >
>> > I hope both SOLR and Sphinx can support searching from tables as well as
>> > from file contents.
>> > Please correct me if I am wrong in above assumption.
>> > Also I assume both SOLR and Sphinx both have capability to do a full
>> > text
>> > search, do search for misspelled words etc.
>> >
>> > Which one is easy to integrate with Drupal 6?
>>
>> I have only ever used Solr, but Sphinx does seem awesome in some
>> respects. But, if you are planning on indexing file contents, Solr may
>> be the better option for you.  It certainly seems easier to achieve
>> that feature in Solr than Sphinx, depending what sort of documents you
>> are talking about:
>>
>>
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1207995/indexing-word-documents-and-pdfs-with-sphinx
>>
>> FWIW, here's a module that would help you to search documents in Drupal:
>>
>> http://drupal.org/project/apachesolr_attachments
>>
>> Yes, Solr handles/helps with misspelled words
>> (http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SpellCheckComponent). And beyond that,
>> pretty much all indexers take words from your content and try to
>> reduce them down to more basic forms so that searches for plural words
>> (cats) also finds the singular form (cat).  This is done through a
>> process known as "Stemming" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stemming.
>>
>> Some much more complete Solr vs Sphinx round-ups:
>>
>> http://www.quora.com/How-do-Solr-Lucene-and-Sphinx-compare
>>
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1284083/choosing-a-stand-alone-full-text-search-server-sphinx-or-solr
>>
>> http://beerpla.net/2009/09/03/comparison-between-solr-and-sphinx-search-servers-solr-vs-sphinx-fight/
>>
>> Best of luck.
>> -Chad
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > Best Regards
>> > Kamal
>> > NECS, Bangalore
>> >
>> >
>> >
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