[Koha-devel] Some thoughts about "any" index

[Marcel de Rooy]

> The question is : is it good or not to have a way to find information 
> anywhere in a record, really anywhere, whatever the field or subfield?
I would favor: anywhere=all specific indexes. "Really anywhere" will cost more and will
perhaps index fields that you do not even want to index.
It should always be possible to exclude a field from indexing.

> In fact it raises a second question: even if it is usefull for staff to 
> have a broad (on all specific indexes) or even a broader (on all fields 
> of the record) index, it is a good thing that this index is used in OPAC 
> simple search ?
> I believe not. Because some data are not made to be searched by an 
> average user, and can even make a precise search on a subject more 
> difficult.
I agree. 

> PS : I'm leaving my position the 6th of december, and I won't work 
> anymore on Koha in 2014:-( . So I will probably "un-assign" soon the 
> bugs I am currently responsible for in Bugzilla.
Too bad for Koha, Matthieu. But have success. 

Marcel