matrix-org / matrix-org/seshat
Search for exact strings
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- Rust
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Description
**Description:**
I'd like to be able to search for exact strings.
For example, right now I'm looking for the string "\ logging" in all our rooms. I know that `logging` is the exact word I want to match (it's actually the title of an internal bug and so likely to be cited exactly like that), but unfortunately the PostgreSQL full text search will stem `logging` to `log`, and this will pollute my result list with lots and lots of irrelevant matches like `AudioLog`, `Log`, `Dateilog`, `Changelog,` `bash_log`, `dialog`, `Login`, `Logparser`, ... which makes it practically impossible to actually find what I'm looking for.
I've attempted to quote `loggging` (`"logging"`) to force an exact match, but that doesn't seem to have any effect.
Contributor guide
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Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is identified in the issue. Start by reviewing the PostgreSQL full-text search behavior described in the report and determine how exact-string matching should differ from stemming; done means quoted or otherwise exact searches exclude the unrelated matches listed.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- postgresql, rust
- Domain
- databases, search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100