Hi David,

I don't have any reason why you should *not* use Solr.  However, if you are not already familiar with SWISH-E, that might be another open-source option to consider [1].  I've found it to be pretty easy to get up and running.  I use a SWISH-CGI interface written by John Millard.

The SWISH-E site has a forum thread, "swish-e vs solr?" that might shed some light on the relative merits [2].

-- Michael

[1] Simple Web Indexing System for Humans - Enhanced (SWISH-E)
    http://swish-e.org/

[2] [swish-e] swish-e vs solr?
    http://swish-e.org/archive/2007-06/11496.html

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-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Cloutman, David
Sent: Tue 8/5/2008 6:03 PM
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Subject: [CODE4LIB] Solr for Internal Searching
 
Today my boss asked me to come up with a solution that would let us
index and search our intranet. I was already thinking of using Solr on
our public Web site we are building, and thought this might be a good
opportunity to knock two items off the to-do list with the same
technology. I know there was a preconference session on Solr this year,
and I have the sense that this is gaining traction in the library
community. Is there any reason why I shouldn't do this?

Thanks,

- David



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