Re: tokenize string for tsearch?

On Mon, 7 May 2007, Ottavio Campana wrote:

> Hi, I'm trying to use tsearch2 for the first time and I'm having a
> problem setting up a query
>
> If I execute
>
> SELECT * from test_table where ts_desc @@ to_tsquery ('hello&world');
>
> it works, but I'm having the problem that the string used for the query
> is not 'hello&world' but 'hello world', Moreover, it can have an
> arbitrary number of spaces between the words, so I cannot just
> substitute the spaces with &, because 'hello&&world' gives error.
>
> What is the safest way transform a string into a list of works "anded"
> together?

Don't worry, see how default parser works:

postgres=# select parse('default','hello     world');
     parse
--------------
  (1,hello)
  (12,"     ")
  (1,world)


btw, you can use plainto_tsquery for AND query

=# select plainto_tsquery('hello world');
   plainto_tsquery
-------------------
  'hello' & 'world'
(1 row)


 	Regards,
 		Oleg
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