The source section is used to define the data source in the configuration file. We learned about data sources in Chapter 3, Indexing. Now let's see different configuration options that can be specified in the source section of the configuration file.
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In this chapter, we will only see those options that are used more often than others and were not already covered in earlier chapters. For complete reference please visit http://sphinxsearch.com/docs/manual-0.9.9.html#conf-reference.
We have already seen how to use the basic options; such as sql_host, sql_user, sql_pass, and sql_db. There are a few more options that you may need sooner or later.