Troubleshooting Typo Search Functionality in TS
TLDR Martin had issues with typo search in TS. However, it turned out to be a problem with a downstream system after Kishore Nallan assisted with various solutions.
Kishore Nallan
Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:39:09 UTCTry reducing default value for `min_len_2typo` which set to `7`.
Martin
Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:39:35 UTCthanks, I already reduced that to 5 and no difference
Kishore Nallan
Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:39:37 UTCThere's also `min_len_1typo`
Martin
Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:39:42 UTCI set that to 2
Kishore Nallan
Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:40:23 UTCAre you doing a prefix search? (if you don't send prefix=false it's a prefix search)
Martin
Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:40:47 UTCI don't set this, so seems I am
Kishore Nallan
Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:54:51 UTCI just tried reproducing this with a single record but could not. Can you post a small fully reproduceable snippet?
Martin
Fri, 18 Aug 2023 07:01:26 UTCit turned out I fooled myself and it was actually an issue with a downstream system. Thanks for your help anyway!
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Martin
Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:24:48 UTCHey folks, we're currently evaluating TS and it looks great overall but somehow we can't get typo search to work at all. If I search for `spongeb` I get results for `Spongebob`, but when I search for `spongebb` (additional b at the end), then I get _zero_ results. I already tried changing `typo_tokens_threshold` to 2 or 3 and change the min limits, but nothing. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?