209 votes
Provide me with full text search on table storage
Does what it says on the tin....really need better search capabilities over azure table storage.
Does what it says on the tin....really need better search capabilities over azure table storage.
Frederick Thompson
@steven nagy - point is, if customers would like it - it should be available - " I think people are using table storage simply for cost reasons, not for scalabilty reasons." - is not a reason NOT to implement it unless you have evidence to contrary [and so what?]
the architecture and design of a project is up to the customer - currently, no project can implement any search but Lucene - which is a ridiculous proposition for any small-medium service that wants to use tables. MSFT should have a f... more
@steven nagy - point is, if customers would like it - it should be available - " I think people are using table storage simply for cost reasons, not for scalabilty reasons." - is not a reason NOT to implement it unless you have evidence to contrary [and so what?]
the architecture and design of a project is up to the customer - currently, no project can implement any search but Lucene - which is a ridiculous proposition for any small-medium service that wants to use tables. MSFT should have a full featured table search available - whether its Lucence integrated or a customised solution. I would think they know how to get around any associated problems considering they created it.
Steven Nagy
-1 : Won't this feature kill performance on table storage? Its meant to be highly scalable and I suspect full text indexing is counter-intuitive to that. I'd be happy to see this on Sql Azure, but NOT on table storage. I think people are using table storage simply for cost reasons, not for scalabilty reasons. Please, DON'T implement this feature.
simnova
Hosted Lucene.NET as an add on service would be excellent. Take away complexites of file storage and leave all the configuration and you've got a winning solution.
clem
This is absolutely critical for any serious business applications.
Roger Jennings
Full text search was promised for SQL Server Data Services/SQL Data Services and once was mentioned as having been completed for the back end when the back end was SQL Server. Lucene hacks aren't sufficient.
anonymous
Robust Partition Keying in tandem with solid optimised schema enforced in the application tier