Yes, I am also not convinced that an engine focused on full-text search is relevant in this case. But i am no expert on that.
I haven't actually benchmarked the performance of the current solution I am using, I am just looking to get some opinions or solutions if django users have encountered this scenario before. I am so tied in to Django models and my searches also return Django querysets. If I do need to change tracks, I would be looking for some solution that returns Django models and querysets on search. I am going through a lot of projects on github and Google code, just reading through their docs and source. On Oct 22, 3:17 pm, bruno desthuilliers <bruno.desthuilli...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 22 oct, 07:54, chefsmart <moran.cors...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > This is on stackoverflow.com also, but I guess not all Django users > > visit that site so I am posting this here also: - > > > I have a Django app where most of the search is driven by foreign > > keys. For example, assuming Student, School, State, and > > EducationalQualification are Django models, the user would search for > > Students by specifying search criteria by selecting from lists of > > Schools, States, Degrees, Diplomas etc. That is, a search on students > > is essentially an answer to the question "Show students that belong to > > the following schools, and who belong to the following states, and who > > have the following degrees / diplomas". > > > My Django app is purely database driven - there are no documents or > > webpages to search. > > > In this case where searching for Django models are guided mostly by > > the foreign keys that model has, what search apps/solutions are most > > appropriate? The ones I have taken a look at all talk a lot about full > > text search, I may be wrong but I don't think that is appropriate in > > my case. > > Given your specs, I don't see the point of fulltext search here. > Unless of course you want to add a more generic search feature (like > typing any random name or word and finding out which students have any > association with this name or word, directly or via related models). > > > I am currently searching using Peter Herndon's approach > > (http://www.slideshare.net/tpherndon/django-search-presentation). > > Seems ok to me. > > > But this is > > expected to be a high-traffic site and I am worried about speed and > > performance. > > Did you actually benched your current solution with representative > data and load ? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
