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[How To] Index merging in Sphinx

TweetIn an earlier post, Live index updates in Sphinx, we saw how to use main+delta indexing scheme for almost realtime index updates. In that we created two indexes as follows: main : Which is the archive of all the documents delta : Which holds only the newer documents One minor drawback in the above scheme [...]

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Geo-distance search in Sphinx

TweetA common scenario in many search applications is geo-distance based searches. Geo-distance search means finding geographic locations nearby to the specified point on earth. Geo distance search is a very common feature in applications involving set of entities each having a specific geographic coordinate associated with it. Some examples are real estate portals, property listings, [...]

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Announcing the release of Sphinx Search book

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Extended query syntax in Sphinx search engine

TweetWe have been discussing sphinx for the past several months and have seen how to install it, how to perform a full-text search and how to update the indexes. Being a full-text search engine, Sphinx supports different matching modes to cater variety of searching needs. The default matching mode used (if not set explicitly) is [...]

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