Hi. There seems to be several options for implementing an autocomplete/autosuggestions feature with Solr. I am trying to summarize those possibilities together with their advantages and disadvantages. It would be really nice to read some of your opinions.
* Using N-Gram filter + text field query + available in stable 1.4.x + results can be boosted + sorted by best matches - may return duplicate results * Facets + available in stable 1.4.x + no duplicate entries - sorted by count - may need an extra N-Gram field for infix queries * Terms + available in stable 1.4.x + infix query by using regex in 3.x - only prefix query in 1.4.x - regexp may be slow (just a guess) * Suggestions ? Did not try that yet. Does it allow infix queries? * Field Collapsing + no duplications - only available in 4.x branch ? Does it work together with highlighting? That would be a big plus. What are your experiences regarding autocomplete/autosuggestion with Solr? Any additions, suggestions or corrections? What do you prefer? Kai
