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3 <code class="filename">dict_xsyn</code> (Extended Synonym Dictionary) is an example of an
4 add-on dictionary template for full-text search. This dictionary type
5 replaces words with groups of their synonyms, and so makes it possible to
6 search for a word using any of its synonyms.
7 </p><div class="sect2" id="DICT-XSYN-CONFIG"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">F.13.1. Configuration <a href="#DICT-XSYN-CONFIG" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
8 A <code class="literal">dict_xsyn</code> dictionary accepts the following options:
9 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
10 <code class="literal">matchorig</code> controls whether the original word is accepted by
11 the dictionary. Default is <code class="literal">true</code>.
12 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
13 <code class="literal">matchsynonyms</code> controls whether the synonyms are
14 accepted by the dictionary. Default is <code class="literal">false</code>.
15 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
16 <code class="literal">keeporig</code> controls whether the original word is included in
17 the dictionary's output. Default is <code class="literal">true</code>.
18 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
19 <code class="literal">keepsynonyms</code> controls whether the synonyms are included in
20 the dictionary's output. Default is <code class="literal">true</code>.
21 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
22 <code class="literal">rules</code> is the base name of the file containing the list of
23 synonyms. This file must be stored in
24 <code class="filename">$SHAREDIR/tsearch_data/</code> (where <code class="literal">$SHAREDIR</code> means
25 the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> installation's shared-data directory).
26 Its name must end in <code class="literal">.rules</code> (which is not to be included in
27 the <code class="literal">rules</code> parameter).
28 </p></li></ul></div><p>
29 The rules file has the following format:
30 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
31 Each line represents a group of synonyms for a single word, which is
32 given first on the line. Synonyms are separated by whitespace, thus:
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37 The sharp (<code class="literal">#</code>) sign is a comment delimiter. It may appear at
38 any position in a line. The rest of the line will be skipped.
39 </p></li></ul></div><p>
40 Look at <code class="filename">xsyn_sample.rules</code>, which is installed in
41 <code class="filename">$SHAREDIR/tsearch_data/</code>, for an example.
42 </p></div><div class="sect2" id="DICT-XSYN-USAGE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">F.13.2. Usage <a href="#DICT-XSYN-USAGE" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
43 Installing the <code class="literal">dict_xsyn</code> extension creates a text search
44 template <code class="literal">xsyn_template</code> and a dictionary <code class="literal">xsyn</code>
45 based on it, with default parameters. You can alter the
46 parameters, for example
48 </p><pre class="programlisting">
49 mydb# ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY xsyn (RULES='my_rules', KEEPORIG=false);
50 ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY
53 or create new dictionaries based on the template.
55 To test the dictionary, you can try
57 </p><pre class="programlisting">
58 mydb=# SELECT ts_lexize('xsyn', 'word');
60 -----------------------
63 mydb# ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY xsyn (RULES='my_rules', KEEPORIG=true);
64 ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY
66 mydb=# SELECT ts_lexize('xsyn', 'word');
68 -----------------------
71 mydb# ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY xsyn (RULES='my_rules', KEEPORIG=false, MATCHSYNONYMS=true);
72 ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY
74 mydb=# SELECT ts_lexize('xsyn', 'syn1');
76 -----------------------
79 mydb# ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY xsyn (RULES='my_rules', KEEPORIG=true, MATCHORIG=false, KEEPSYNONYMS=false);
80 ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY
82 mydb=# SELECT ts_lexize('xsyn', 'syn1');
84 -----------------------
88 Real-world usage will involve including it in a text search
89 configuration as described in <a class="xref" href="textsearch.html" title="Chapter 12. Full Text Search">Chapter 12</a>.
90 That might look like this:
92 </p><pre class="programlisting">
93 ALTER TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION english
94 ALTER MAPPING FOR word, asciiword WITH xsyn, english_stem;
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