IBM® Informix® Excalibur Text Search DataBlade® module, Version 1.31

Overview

This section provides an overview of the IBM® Informix® Excalibur Text Search DataBlade® module.

The Informix Excalibur Text Search DataBlade Module is a collection of data types and routines that extend IBM Informix to enable you to search your data in ways that are faster and more sophisticated than the keyword matching that SQL provides. Excalibur text search capabilities include phrase matching, exact and fuzzy searches, compensation for misspelling, and synonym matching.

This section includes the following topics:

Text search concepts and terminology
Overview of the etx access method
Overview of creating an etx index
Basics of performing keyword and Boolean searches
Word list concepts and use
User-defined character sets concepts and use
Overview of highlighting the clue in the search text

Although this section does contain examples, it does not contain step-by-step instructions that explain how to use the Informix Excalibur Text Search DataBlade Module.

Examples exchange | Troubleshooting

To find the PDF, see IBM Informix DataBlade Modules: Publication library in PDF.
For the release notes, documentation notes, and/or machine notes, see the Release Notes page.

Release date: July 2014