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Full Text Search in PostgreSQL

October 22, 2025

Google-style search? In this quick tutorial, we’ll show you how to use PostgreSQL Full-Text Search on real IMDB data and simple SQL.

Learn to set up FTS, build fast indexes, and tweak relevance with weighted fields and ts_rank – from basic keyword searches to smarter phrase and structured queries, all in PostgreSQL.

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