[appengine-java] BigTable "LIKE"

2011-08-26 Thread realdope
Hi, I know that you cannot do a "LIKE" clause in BigTable. How do you get around this issue? Suppose I'm making a book database, and I want to implement a search function that compares titles against a random string. What is a plausible mechanism with which to do so? Any help would be appreci

Re: [appengine-java] BigTable "LIKE"

2011-08-28 Thread Aswath Satrasala
Following is the solution I am planning to implement for a similar case in my application. But, it depends on your data. *Method 1* * Create 3-4 additional properties in the BOOK kind. Like for example, word1, word2, word3 properties etc. * Split the book title into words and store each word into