Java, search engine....why not use something like Lucene? http://jakarta.apache.org/lucene
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<-----Original Message-----> > > From: Travis Bauer > Sent: 3/11/2002 8:13:23 PM > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Subject: [GENERAL] Fast vector similarity metric > > I am writing a java search engine which uses Postgresql as the backend. > In this search engine, I'm using an inverted term table (to store the > vectors). The search engine is actually working, but the vector > comparison is very slow. I'm wondering if someone with experience with > this sort of thing could give me some ideas on how to implement a fast > vector comparison for Postgres. > > Thank you, > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Travis Bauer | CS Grad Student | IU |www.cs.indiana.edu/~trbauer > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly >