With the introduction of <strong>Ferret</strong> Ruby users now have one of the fastest andmost flexible search libraries available. And its surprisingly easy t... » 

With the introduction of Ferret Ruby users now have one of the fastest andmost flexible search libraries available. And its surprisingly easy to use.This book will show you how to quickly get up and running with Ferret. Youlllearn how to index different document types such as PDF Microsoft Word andHTML as well as how to deal with foreign languages and different characterencodings. Ferret describes the Ferret Query Language in detail along with theobjectoriented approach to building queries. You will also be introduced tosorting filtering and highlighting your search results with an explanationof exactly how you need to set up your index to perform these tasks. You willalso learn how to optimize a Ferret index for lightning fast indexing andsplitsecond query results. «