See how Lucid Enterprise does it... A bit differently. On 3/14/11 12:14 AM, "Kai Schlamp" <kai.schl...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>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
