[Zope-dev] Request for a Pluggin Index (NameIndex)

[Andreas Jung]

Looks like you should write your own index type. Zope 2.4
comes with an PlugableIndex interface to allow third-party
indexes to be integrated into the Catalog.

Andreas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Withers" <chrisw@nipltd.com>
To: <zope-dev@zope.org>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 4:05 PM
Subject: [Zope-dev] Request for a Pluggin Index (NameIndex)


> Hi,
>
> If anyone's got the time or fancies a challenge, could they write an index
> that behaves as follows:
>
> Indexed values:
> 1) C.J.Withers
> 2) Chris Withers
> 3) C Petrilli
> 4) Christopher McDonough
>
> search             result
> C                  1,2,3,4
> C.J.Withers        1
> c.j.Withers        1
> withers mcdonough  1,2,4
> Chris              2,4
> Christo            4
>
> I think the basic rules are:
> - split on whitespace and punctuation (not accentuated characters and the
> like ;-)
> - index each remaining name part
> - when searching, return all records where any of the name parts match
> something like:
> string.find(name_part,search_expression)
>
> ...oh yeah, and do it blindingly quickly ;-)
>
> This would be really useful for the Creator dublin core field and anywhere
> you're searching for someone's name. The CMF could benefit from it and
would
> eliminate the phrase next to the Creator field which has haunted me from
> Squishdot:
>
> " Note that you must enter their username exactly. "
>
> cheers,
>
> Chris
>
>
>
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