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With Release 6.1 DB2 Text Extenders will be replaced by the Omnifind Text
Search Tool.
For more information have a look at the following white paper:

Exploring the IBM OmniFind Text Search Server: Performing high-speed
linguistic text searches against DB2 text data and documents stored in
rich-text formats
http://www-304.ibm.com/partnerworld/wps/servlet/ContentHandler/whitepaper/i/
omnifind/search

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." (Les
Brown)
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." (Derek Bok)
"What is worse than training your staff and losing them? Not training them
and keeping them!"

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Vern Hamberg
Gesendet: Wednesday, 10. March 2010 04:35
An: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Betreff: Re: Full-text searching

The text extenders do add text search capabilities to SQL. From the PDF -

"DB2 Text Extender adds the power of full-text retrieval to SQL queries"

PDF can be found at

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/books/sh126720.p
df


There is also an HTTP text search component, iSeries Webserver Search
Engine, information at

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/software/http/services/search.html

It is only for searching for a web site, I think, but not sure - haven't
used it. It handles only text files and html files.


And there is a new thing that I saw at the DB2/RPG Summit called
OmniFind that can search many types of documents - Word, etc. Not just
text or html. Kent Milligan has a white paper on it with this quote-

"OmniFind Text Search Server for DB2 for i delivers the common DB2
Family text-search technology to the IBM i developer community. It
requires a minimum operating-system release level of IBM i 6.1. OmniFind
also replaces the DB2 Text Extender product that is available on
previous IBM i releases. Unlike its predecessor product, OmniFind is a
no-charge product. Currently, the product must be ordered and installed
separately. The OmniFind Text Search Server product identification
number is 5733-OMF."

PDF available at

http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/enable/site/education/wp/1fe46/1fe46.pdf

It has google-like weighted search capabilities - very cool stuff. And
did you notice, it is free? This adds functions to SQL, just like Text
Extenders did/does.

HTH
Vern

rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Talking out of complete ignorance here, truly, but does DB2 UDB Text
Extenders mean anything? Out of curiosity I tried to search for that but
wasn't having much luck.


Rob Berendt


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