I have a table with bibliometric information on published articles. Fields of interest for full text searches are the 'title' and 'abstract' fields. Those fields can contain several languages but most of the entries use English. A grouped query on the 'language' field reveals that the following languages are involved: Afrikaans Chinese Dutch English French Gaelic (?) German Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Polish Portuguese Rumanian Russian Slovene Sotho Spanish Turkish Xhosa Zulu Now my questions: 1. Is it possible at all to use full text search in such a setup? 2. If so, how would I approach the different languages in indexing and querying. 3. How do I ask postgresql which dictionaries are already available in the installation for full text search? 4. If full text searches cannot be utilised in such a setup, can trgm-related indexing using 'similarity' be a replacement? I think not. Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4699 Databestuurder / Data manager Sentrum vir Navorsing oor Evaluasie, Wetenskap en Tegnologie Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology Universiteit Stellenbosch. "Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart." Psalms 37:4 E-pos vrywaringsklousule Hierdie e-pos mag vertroulike inligting bevat en mag regtens geprivilegeerd wees en is slegs bedoel vir die persoon aan wie dit geadresseer is. Indien u nie die bedoelde ontvanger is nie, word u hiermee in kennis gestel dat u hierdie dokument geensins mag gebruik, versprei of kopieer nie. Stel ook asseblief die sender onmiddellik per telefoon in kennis en vee die e-pos uit. Die Universiteit aanvaar nie aanspreeklikheid vir enige skade, verlies of uitgawe wat voortspruit uit hierdie e-pos en/of die oopmaak van enige lês aangeheg by hierdie e-pos nie. E-mail disclaimer This e-mail may contain confidential information and may be legally privileged and is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that you may not use, distribute or copy this document in any manner whatsoever. Kindly also notify the sender immediately by telephone, and delete the e-mail. The University does not accept liability for any damage, loss or expense arising from this e-mail and/or accessing any files attached to this e-mail. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general