Using Lucene.NET search engine library in .NET applications

added by rcash

9/3/2011 6:22:18 PM

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When it comes to searching, instead of writing complex SQL queries we can use specialized indexing and search solutions that out perform custom SQL queries. This post introduces Lucene.NET indexing and search engine and how to use it.

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3 comments

dpeterson

9/6/2011 8:46:30 AM

I've seen this project before but have never tried it out. I wonder how it compares to SQL Server Fulltext search?

tiernano

9/6/2011 9:34:05 AM

been using it on a few projects. works quite well. in most cases was giving better results than full text search from SQL, and can be a lot faster too...

dpeterson

9/6/2011 10:11:42 AM

Thanks for the tip, I'll keep it in mind the next time I need fulltext search. :)