If you may use PostgreSQL as a database engine, there is an OpenFTS (openfts.sourceforge.net). I'm one of the author, so I'm biased a little bit, but we have successfully use it in many projects with close integration with mod_perl (Mason).
regards, Oleg On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Grant Babb wrote: > > >all- > > > > In our migration to open-source solutions, I have been asked to > > suggest a solution for our knowledge base. We have found that a > > well-indexed text search is really a more effective way to go, but I was > > hoping for some suggestions from this list on some mod_perl based > > projects or apache modules that might do the the trick. PHP is OK too i > > guess, but when it comes to both fast lookups and text manipulation, > > mod_perl/mySQL seemed like the obvious way to go. > > > >thanks in advance for the input, > >grant > > > >Grant Babb Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Data Junction Corporation Phone: (512) 459-1308 > >2201 Northland Dr. Fax: (512) 459-1309 > >Austin, TX 78756-1117 Web: http://www.datajunction.com > > > > Grant Babb Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Data Junction Corporation Phone: (512) 459-1308 > 2201 Northland Dr. Fax: (512) 459-1309 > Austin, TX 78756-1117 Web: http://www.datajunction.com > > > Regards, Oleg _____________________________________________________________ Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia) Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/ phone: +007(095)939-16-83, +007(095)939-23-83