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test_parser is an example of a custom parser for full-text search. It doesn't do anything especially useful, but can serve as a starting point for developing your own parser.
test_parser recognizes words separated by white space, and returns just two token types:
mydb=# SELECT * FROM ts_token_type('testparser');
tokid | alias | description
-------+-------+---------------
3 | word | Word
12 | blank | Space symbols
(2 rows)
These token numbers have been chosen to be compatible with the
default parser's numbering. This allows us to use its
headline() function, thus keeping
the example simple.
Installing the test_parser extension creates a text search parser testparser. It has no user-configurable parameters.
You can test the parser with, for example,
mydb=# SELECT * FROM ts_parse('testparser', 'That''s my first own parser');
tokid | token
-------+--------
3 | That's
12 |
3 | my
12 |
3 | first
12 |
3 | own
12 |
3 | parser
Real-world use requires setting up a text search configuration that uses the parser. For example,
mydb=# CREATE TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION testcfg ( PARSER = testparser );
CREATE TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION
mydb=# ALTER TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION testcfg
mydb-# ADD MAPPING FOR word WITH english_stem;
ALTER TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION
mydb=# SELECT to_tsvector('testcfg', 'That''s my first own parser');
to_tsvector
-------------------------------
'that':1 'first':3 'parser':5
(1 row)
mydb=# SELECT ts_headline('testcfg', 'Supernovae stars are the brightest phenomena in galaxies',
mydb(# to_tsquery('testcfg', 'star'));
ts_headline
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Supernovae <b>stars</b> are the brightest phenomena in galaxies
(1 row)
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