Thanks, this works quite fine, but I've ran into some problems so far: - It's not possible to specify more than 4 labels (just ABCD) - In query I have to specify searched vectors for each lexem. I think It would be better to specify searched vectors per-query. Oleg Bartunov wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Mar 2009, esemba wrote: > >> >> Well, thank you both for response, but I'm not sure, I understand Oleg's >> solution. This would work, but where is the variability of searched >> columns? >> In your example, I create new indexed column with concatenated vectors of >> 2 >> columns. But I sometimes new to search only annotation, sometimes resume, >> sometomes both. > > > if you assign different labels to the concatenated columns, you can > specify in query which columns you're interested in. Also, you > can explicitly specify weight=0 for columns you're not interested. > >> >> >> Oleg Bartunov wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, esemba wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> I have table with several columns and need to perform fulltext search >>>> over >>>> volatile number of columns. >>>> I can't use multicolumn gist index or gin index over concatenated >>>> columns, >>>> so I've created several single column indexes (one for each column I >>>> want >>>> to >>>> search) and now I need to query them like this: >>>> >>>> to_tsvector('cs', coalesce(annotation, '')) || to_tsvector('cs', >>>> coalesce(resume, '')) || ... >>>> @@ to_tsquery('cs', 'Query text'); >>> >>> alter table YOURTABLE add columnt fts tsvector; >>> update YOURTABLE set fts= >>> to_tsvector('cs', coalesce(annotation, '')) || >>> to_tsvector('cs', coalesce(resume, '')) || ... >>> create index fts_idx on YOURTABLE using gin(fts); >>> vacuum analyze YOURTABLE; >>> select * from YOURTABLE where to_tsquery('cs', 'Query text') @@ fts; >>> >>> >>>> >>>> This query works, but EXPLAIN has shown me, that postgres doesn't use >>>> the >>>> indexes, so the query over a table with several thousands of records >>>> last >>>> very long time. I've figured out, that indexes probably cannot be used >>>> this >>>> way. What is a recommendation for this scenario? >>>> Indexes over static number of columns work fine, but I can't use them, >>>> because in my application logic I want to let user choose which columns >>>> to >>>> search. >>>> >>>> Thank you for your reply. >>>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Oleg >>> _____________________________________________________________ >>> Oleg Bartunov, Research Scientist, Head of AstroNet (www.astronet.ru), >>> Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russia >>> Internet: oleg@xxxxxxxxxx, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/ >>> phone: +007(495)939-16-83, +007(495)939-23-83 >>> >>> -- >>> Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) >>> To make changes to your subscription: >>> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general >>> >>> >> >> > > Regards, > Oleg > _____________________________________________________________ > Oleg Bartunov, Research Scientist, Head of AstroNet (www.astronet.ru), > Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russia > Internet: oleg@xxxxxxxxxx, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/ > phone: +007(495)939-16-83, +007(495)939-23-83 > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Fulltext---multiple-single-column-indexes-tp22611952p22627255.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general