Re: simple web search

> I'm considering implementing a search box on my review web site
> http://lesculturelles.net and am looking for a simple way to match
> entered words against several columns on related tables:
> show.show_name, story.title, person.firtname, person.lastname, etc.

one solution would be a view:

create view search_v as select
'show'::name as tab_nm,
show_id as tab_pk,
'Show Name' as description,
show_name as search
from show
union select
'story'::name,
story_id,
'Story Title',
title
from story
union ...

your query would be
select * from search_v where '$string' ilike search

this would return a list the user could use to drill down further.

many ways to skin this cat.

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