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Near operator with Ctxcat index (split from CTXCAT / CONTEXT index by bb) [message #351314] Tue, 30 September 2008 05:05 Go to next message
akhanna
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Registered: August 2008
Location: Gurgaon
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hey...

I am a beginner in oracle text.
Can some one plese tell me that can we use Near operator with Ctxcat index ??

I just read thru below link
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/text/x/Tech_Overviews/imt_817.html

dt we can not use but it is for 8i ....Are there any additions done in 9i or 10G for same?

Its Urgent Please Help.

Thanks,
Alka
Re: CTXCAT / CONTEXT index [message #351325 is a reply to message #351314] Tue, 30 September 2008 05:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Re: Near operator with Ctxcat index (split from CTXCAT / CONTEXT index by bb) [message #351432 is a reply to message #351314] Tue, 30 September 2008 16:50 Go to previous message
Barbara Boehmer
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If you are using a ctxcat index, then you must use the catsearch operator to search it. The catsearch operator is very limited by itself and does not support NEAR. However, if you use a query template so that you can use the context grammar, then you can use NEAR. I have demonstrated this below. It might be beneficial if you only occasionally use NEAR. However, if you are going to use queries with NEAR or other things that catsearch does not support frequently, then you might as well just use a context idex.

SCOTT@orcl_11g> CREATE TABLE test_tab (test_col VARCHAR2(30))
  2  /

Table created.

SCOTT@orcl_11g> INSERT INTO test_tab (test_col) VALUES ('cat mouse dog')
  2  /

1 row created.

SCOTT@orcl_11g> CREATE INDEX test_idx ON test_tab (test_col)
  2  INDEXTYPE IS CTXSYS.CTXCAT
  3  /

Index created.

SCOTT@orcl_11g> SELECT * FROM test_tab
  2  WHERE  CATSEARCH (test_col, 'cat NEAR dog', NULL) > 0
  3  /

no rows selected

SCOTT@orcl_11g> SELECT * FROM test_tab
  2  WHERE  CATSEARCH
  3  	      (test_col,
  4  	       '<query>
  5  		  <textquery grammer="context">
  6  		    cat NEAR dog
  7  		  </textquery>
  8  		</query>', NULL) > 0
  9  /

TEST_COL
------------------------------
cat mouse dog

SCOTT@orcl_11g>

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