Introduction to Search with Sphinx: From Installation to Relevance Tuning

This concise introduction to Sphinx shows you how to use this free software to index an enormous number of documents and provide fast results to both simple and complex searches. Written by the creator of Sphinx, this authoritative book is short and to the point.

• Understand the particular way Sphinx conducts searches
• Install and configure Sphinx, and run a few basic tests
• Issue basic queries to Sphinx at the application level
• Learn the syntax of search text and the effects of various search options
• Get strategies for dealing with large data sets, such as multi-index searching
• Apply relevance and ranking guidelines for presenting best results to the user

Author: Andrew Aksyonoff
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Published: 05/24/2011
Pages: 148
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780596809553

About the Author

Andrew is the creator of Sphinx.