Re: [PyIndexer] Welcome Back :-)

[Chris W. <ch...@ni...>]

Casey Duncan wrote:
> 
> > AND, with the amazing software that is JPE, I might not actually have to
> > write any indexing code, which would certainyl make my life easier :-)
> 
> Maybe I missed this when I was sleeping, but what is JPE?

Lets you run Java from CPython and Python from Java. Pretty cool :-)

> > Of course, Lucene might not quite cut it, and JPE might not quite do what I
> > need, in which case we'll be back to SQL and then moving onto a C
> > implementation.
> 
> BTW: I came across another SQL-based indexing system in my travels that might
> be worth a look for implementation ideas:
> 
> http://www.mnogosearch.org/

That's tailored more to 'web site' searches, isn't it?

> In case things don't work out, I should have much more time to help come
> February, when my own project that I want indexing for gets cranking. That is
> assuming I don't find a tool that I can integrate with Zope that already does
> everything I need.

Indeed :-) Of course, if you do find such a tool, please let me know!

> Regardless I have a vested (if sick) interest in getting something better in
> Zope with regard to indexing.

Likewise, and Lucene will never be that. I guess I have an unhealthy interest in
'difficult' computing *grinz*

Especially since anything that ends up in 'Zope Core' will have to use ZODB,
which basically sucks for indexes...

cheers,

Chris