GBase 8a Full-Text Index: Features, Queries, and Configuration

The full-text index built into GBase 8a enables indexing and searching across all text-type columns, with support for boolean expressions, proximity searches, and online index updates. This guide covers the feature set, real‑world query examples, and the configuration file that controls every aspect of text processing in a gbase database. Core Features Index all text-type columns in a table. Queries can run while the index is being built — no downtime required. Incrementally add new data to an e