Re: Search, Search Engine and properties

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 09:45, Ilan Yaniv <Ilan.Yaniv_at_timetoknow.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> In my company we are developing lots of assets, it is NOT code.
>
> We have lots of Giga's of animations, graphics etc.
>
> There are many tools out there for content management tools, but since that
> we also develops code, I want that the company will use SVN for assets too.
>
> I offered to use the SVN properties to add metadata for each file.
>
> Example:
>
> Today, if a user is searching for a yellow flower tool, he needs to have
> folder path like: nature\flower\color\yellow.
>
> I want to have: yellow and flower as properties for the file.
>
> The thing is that I will have to run a search for yellow flower on all
> assets properties (and there are hundred of thousands of files) it will take
> me hours to find a file.

Haven't you asked this question previously?

> If I had database search, the search will be much faster, but this is not
> possible with SVN.
>
> 1) What should I do, maybe SVN is not the tool that I am looking for?

It may be the right tool, it may not, or it may be a portion of a
larger system you build to do this.

> 2) Does SVN have search engine?

No.

> 3) Does SVN have search engine for properties?

No.

> 4) Does SVN have a caching mechanism?

Depending upon your definition of "caching", yes, the .svn directories
are a cache.

> 5) Does SVN have a caching mechanism for properties?

See above.

> 6) Is there a third party tool (maybe DB) that I can have indexing
> ability to search for files?

If your post-commit hook script updated and maintained a database
which contains some of the data you're looking to index & search, you
could then use that database for your searching.

> I guess that this list of questions is enough for now, isn't it?

Please re-read the conversation you had with Mark Phippard on this
mailing list on December 3.

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