[Zope3-Users] nbest usage?

[Stephan Richter]

On Monday 02 July 2007, Nando Quintana wrote:
> could anybody give me a clue about how to use nbest index?
>
> I see that the 'apply()' method of several indexes gets a 'count'
> parameter, but it's not used...
>
> after reading this thread:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/zodb-dev@zope.org/msg02147.html
> I really don't know if there is a way of retriving only N of the M
> matching results...
>
> how do you deal with a big amount of indexed objects?

I think in general you want all objects, because you need to sort them 
anyways. BTW, if Zope's indices don't cut it for you, you might want to look 
at PyLucene integration.

> Have any of you usable searching experiences in huge ZODBs?

No, I have only dealt with medium-sized ZODBs.

Regards,
Stephan
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