Jul 23 2008
Sphinx 0.9.8 Released (Full-text Search Engine)
About a week ago, I got an email stating that Sphinx version 0.9.8 had been released.
I first used Sphinx well over a year ago, when I had a project that required full-text searching of a massive, 25 Million + database, something that was probably a little too big for the default MySQL full-text engine to handle. Additionally, I wanted to use the InnoDB MySQL engine, as opposed to the ISAM (which is the one that had full-text capabilities).
After doing some research, I ended up going with a MySQL/Sphinx joint solution, where I stored the data in MySQL, and used Sphinx to actually do the searching.
Since then, this already impressive project has come a long way, and if you haven’t already checked it out, it is well worth a look. It seems to be gaining quite a bit of traction. From the latest email:
Also in the news, we’re among the finalists in SourceForge Community Choice Awards 2008! Sphinx is in the shortlists for “Best Project”, “Best Project for the Enterprise”, and, somewhat unexpectedly for me, “Most Likely to Be the Next $1B Acquisition”. Many thanks to all who voted for Sphinx during the nominations! Now is the time to vote again in the 2nd round. There are several quite popular competitors (such as OpenOffice), so please spread the word as much as you can.
Here’s the link again…
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