RE: General Searching query

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Subject: RE: General Searching query
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:53:55 -0500

Andrew,

At 12:01 PM 12/18/01, you wrote:

Ive had a look at dbXML and it looks good... however, it uses JDK1.3 and a
requirement is we must use the Microsoft VM that ships with IE. (we cannot
add anything that alters the clients setup)

The XML files are simply in a folder, and not in any kind of database.  So I
guess Im now asking:

-Is it possible to search a standard folder on a clients hard disk of around
10,000 XML files (10k each), using the Microsoft VM and MSXML2.5 (possibly
3) in a reasonable amount of time?

>>If the source is marked up sufficiently well, you could index off it.

The XML is generated from SGML... if that is sufficiently well(?)

It all depends on how well designed the SGML was! (and how lossy the conversion may have been).

If you do have any ideas, please be give me a good start :)

Other answers to this thread have already suggested that the basic problem you are facing is not an XSLT issue as such, but one that has to do with the limitations of your storage model (files on a Windows system), and searching across that. A pure XSLT solution (I can't speak to MSXML2.5) is possible (making heavy use of document() and some kind of driver file), but no one seems to imagine it's going to perform very well. Pre-digesting the data in some form to create an index or hash of some kind should help, but that gets into other questions of your design such as how the data is updated, etc., that we haven't really addressed.

But basically, you're kind of asking whether you can take your touring bike across an unpaved mountain pass. We're not saying you can't, just that ... your mileage may vary. An all-terrain vehicle, or investing in some road-building, might be called for.

I hope that clarifies,
Wendell


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Re: General Searching query, (continued)
- Jeff Beadle - Mon, 17 Dec 2001 13:48:44 -0500 (EST)
- DPawson - Tue, 18 Dec 2001 11:32:04 -0500 (EST)
  - Andrew Welch - Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:08:27 -0500 (EST)
    - Wendell Piez - Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:45:08 -0500 (EST) <=
    - Andrew Welch - Wed, 19 Dec 2001 04:31:02 -0500 (EST)
    - Chuck White - Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:56:43 -0500 (EST)
- Mark Galbreath - Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:53:09 -0500 (EST)

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