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Sphinx Search Beginner's Guide

By : Abbas Ali
Book Image

Sphinx Search Beginner's Guide

By: Abbas Ali

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Sphinx Search
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Chapter 3. Indexing

This chapter is all about indexes and how to create them in Sphinx. Indexes are the most important component when using Sphinx.

In this chapter we shall:

  • See what indexes are and how they help in searching. We will also learn how they are created by using Sphinx's indexer utility.

  • We will learn what data sources are and what different types are available in Sphinx.

So let's get on with it...