SphinxConnector.NET is an all managed .NET library to access the functions and features of the Sphinx full-text search engine from your .NET applications. It enables you to easily integrate the fast full-text search capabilities provided by Sphinx into your websites and programs.

Features

SphinxQL:

* Based on standard ADO.NET 2.0 classes
* Insert and Update Records in Real-Time Indexes
* Select from any Index Type
* Select via DataReader or DataAdapter
* Connection Pooling
* Support for Transactions
* Support for Command Parameters

Native API:

Support for Sphinx 0.9.8, 0.9.9 and 1.10.1 (preliminary) in one library

Support for string attributes introduced with Sphinx 1.10.1

Support for features introduced in 0.9.9 like:
* Persistent connections: open one connection for several operations to minimize connection overhead.
* Override attributes: temporarily change the value of an attribute without modifying the actual value for advanced search scenarios.
* Select clause: write SQL-like statements to operate on attributes

Search related features:
* Set value and range filters
* Schedule several queries for batch execution
* Specify how Sphinx should match and rank documents
* and more

Access to additional functions exposed by the Sphinx search engine:
* Build excerpts
* Build keywords
* Update attributes
* Query Sphinx for status variables

SphinxConnector.NET uses custom types as arguments for methods operating on Sphinx attributes. This gives you strongly typed
access to these methods and also enables the compiler to check whether the operation is valid for a given type.

Additional Features:

SphinxConnector.NET supports outputting different types of log messages to help developers identify problems
or to optimize their setup. The logging infrastructure integrates with the most popular .NET logging frameworks
such as NLog, log4net and the Microsoft Enterprise Library.