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OmniFind searching of non-Db2 tables
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Refer to this developerWorks article "Searching Spool Files and IFS Stream Files" for more detail on this topic:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/library/i-omnifind/omnifind.htmlOmniFind for IBM i (5733-OMF)
The OmniFind™ Text Search Server for Db2 for i product available for IBM i 7.1 has been enhanced to include additional SQL programmable interfaces that extend its support beyond traditional Db2 tables. These interfaces allow text indexing and searching of IBM i objects such as spool files in an output queue, or stream file data in the integrated file system.
A text search collection describes one or more sets of system objects that will have their associated text data indexed and searched. For example, a collection may contain an object set of all spool files in output queue QUSRSYS/QEZJOBLOG, and/or an object set for all stream files in directory '/home/alice/text_data'.
The text search collection referred to in this documentation should not be confused with a Db2 schema (sometimes also referred to as a collection), or a Lucene collection (Part of the internal structure of a Db2 text search index).
When a text search collection is created, several DB2 objects are created on the system:
- SQL schema with the same name as the collection.
o Catalogs for tracking the collection’s configuration.
o Catalogs for tracking the objects that have been indexed.
o SQL Stored procedures to administer and search the collection.
o A Db2 text search index for indexing the associated text.
Administration of the collection is provided with stored procedures, most of which are created in the schema.
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Modified date:
14 January 2020
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