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Learn how to implement powerful full-text search capabilities in your .NET applications using PostgreSQL and Entity Framework Core. This tutorial will guide you through setting up full-text search indexes, writing efficient search queries, and integrating them seamlessly with EF Core. Discover how to leverage PostgreSQL's advanced text search features to enhance your application's search functionality.

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GiST and GIN Index Types (PostgreSQL)
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/textsearch-indexes.html

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Chapters
0:00 Simple EF Core search
3:54 Normalizing search terms
7:10 Postgres full-text search (GIN index)
12:33 Ranking search results by relevance
16:01 EF Core + Npgsql alternative
20:45 Boosting search terms (weighted search)
21:48 Full-text search on my website, Lunr.js

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Learn how to implement full text search in a .NET application using PostgreSQL and EF Core, without relying on external services like Elasticsearch or Solr. This guide walks through creating a search endpoint, handling case sensitivity, improving performance with indexes, and ranking search results for relevance. Additionally, it covers optimizing database queries for performance with full text search capabilities.

Full Text Search in .NET With PostgreSQL and EF Core