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theZenPebble
theZenPebble

Reputation: 621

How to configure Solr for name searches

I'm trying to create a searchable list of names (1M names+) and need some loose matching for the names. I've tried a few ways of configuring the server/querying the instance, but either ONLY exact matches are returned, or I get huge, inappropriate result sets missing the exact matches.

I'm new to Solr, is there a good example of doing this, or at least a good starting point I can work from to achieve what I need?

Many thanks in advance

Upvotes: 2

Views: 113

Answers (2)

Jayendra
Jayendra

Reputation: 52809

If you want to search similar sounding names you can also check PhoneticFilterFactory

Upvotes: 0

mindas
mindas

Reputation: 26733

Have a look at fuzzy searches. They provide Levenstein distance which is what you refer as "loose matching".

Upvotes: 2

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