Planning considerations

Planning before using features is a good practice to ensure you're getting the most out of the database functionality.

Important: Net Search Extender has been deprecated. Its use is no longer recommended and might be removed in a future release. Use Db2® Text Search as a fast and versatile method of searching full-text documents stored in Db2 databases using SQL and XQuery statements. See the topic about Migration overview from Net Search Extender to Db2 Text Search for details.

To use Net Search Extender in the most effective way, it is essential that some planning occurs before deployment. Planning might involve several user groups including those in database administration, interface and system designers, system architects, and developers.

The following topics provide a guide to the areas that you should consider:

  • Directory locations and index storage
  • Table, column, and index names
  • Document formats and supported code pages
  • Preventive measures against Net Search Extender index file corruption
  • Outside In filtering software
  • User roles
  • Extended text-maintained staging infrastructure for incremental update

For more information about developing Net Search Extender based applications, see the following related topics: