I think this is a great idea, and one that I've been mulling over to implement keyword lookups (similar to Flickr.com's tag system). I believe the advantage over a relational database comes from Lucene's inverted index, which is highly optimized for this kind of lookup.
My concern is that this just shifts the scaling issue to Lucene, and I haven't found much info on how to scale Lucene vertically. > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin L. Cobb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:40 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Opinions: Using Lucene as a thin database > > > I use Lucene as a legitimate search engine which is cool. > But, I am also using it as a simple database too. I build an > index with a couple of keyword fields that allows me to > retrieve values based on exact matches in those fields. This > is all I need to do so it works just fine for my needs. I > also love the speed. The index is small enough that it is > wicked fast. Was wondering if anyone out there was doing the > same of it there are any dissenting opinions on using Lucene > for this purpose. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
