FTS Configuration dialog

Use the FTS Configuration dialog to configure a full text search. A text search configuration specifies a text search parser that can divide a string into tokens, along with dictionaries that can identify searchable tokens.

The FTS Configuration dialog organizes the development of a FTS configuration through the following dialog tabs: “General, Definition, and Tokens. The SQL tab displays the SQL code generated by dialog selections.

Click the General tab to begin.

FTS configuration dialog general tab

Create FTS Configuration dialog - General tab

Use the fields in the General tab to identify a FTS configuration:

  • Use the Name field to add a descriptive name for the FTS configuration. The name will be displayed in the Browser tree control.

  • Use the drop-down listbox next to Owner to specify the role that will own the configuration.

  • Select the name of the schema in which the FTS configuration will reside from the drop-down listbox in the Schema field.

  • Store notes about the FTS configuration in the Comment field.

Click the Definition tab to continue.

FTS configuration dialog definition tab

Create FTS Configuration dialog - Definition tab

Use the fields in the Definition tab to define parameters:

  • Select the name of the text search parser from the drop-down listbox in the Parser field.

  • Select a language from the drop-down listbox in the Copy Config field.

Click the Tokens tab to continue.

FTS configuration dialog tokens tab

Create FTS Configuration dialog - Tokens tab

Use the fields in the Tokens tab to add a token:

  • Use the Tokens field to specify the name of a token.

  • Click the Add icon (+) to create a token.

  • Use the Dictionaries field to specify a dictionary.

Repeat these steps to add additional tokens; to discard a token, click the trash icon to the left of the row and confirm deletion in the Delete Row popup.

Click the SQL tab to continue.

Your entries in the FTS Configuration dialog generate a SQL command (see an example below). Use the SQL tab for review; revisit or switch tabs to make any changes to the SQL command.

Example

The following is an example of the sql command generated by user selections in the FTS Configuration dialog:

FTS configuration dialog sql tab

Create FTS Configuration dialog - SQL tab

The example shown demonstrates creating a FTS configuration named meme_phrases. It uses the default parser.

  • Click the Info button (i) to access online help. View context-sensitive help in the Tabbed browser, where a new tab displays the PostgreSQL core documentation.

  • Click the Save button to save work.

  • Click the Cancel button to exit without saving work.

  • Click the Reset button to restore configuration parameters.