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    <p>I implemented a trigram search using pg_search gem on rails. <a href="https://github.com/Casecommons/pg_search" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Casecommons/pg_search</a></p> <p>The problem is that sometimes the order of returned results doesn't seems right according to the definition of the trigram search that shows the gem documentation:</p> <blockquote> <p>Trigram search works by counting how many three-letter substrings (or “trigrams”) match between the query and the text.</p> </blockquote> <p>My application receives string input from the user ("111 Streetname") and returns a list of addresses that matches the Address.full_string value with approximate search with trigram. </p> <h1>List of search examples</h1> <p><strong>Trigram search: "1493 cambrid"</strong></p> <ul> <li>Results: <ul> <li>100 Cambridgeside Pl</li> <li>100 Cambridgeside Pl</li> <li>150 Cambridgepark Dr</li> <li>1575 Cambridge St</li> <li>1573 Cambridge St</li> <li>1493 Cambridge St</li> </ul></li> </ul> <p><strong>Trigram search: "1493 cambr"</strong></p> <ul> <li>Result: <ul> <li>1493 Cambridge St</li> </ul></li> </ul> <p><strong>Trigram search: "1493 cambri"</strong></p> <ul> <li>Results: <ul> <li>1575 Cambridge St</li> <li>1573 Cambridge St</li> <li>1493 Cambridge St</li> </ul></li> </ul> <p><strong>Trigram search: "1493 cambridge"</strong></p> <ul> <li>Results: <ul> <li>1493 Cambridge St</li> <li>5 Cambridgepark Dr</li> <li>7 Cambridgepark Dr</li> <li>100 Cambridgeside Pl</li> <li>and many more</li> </ul></li> </ul> <h1>Question</h1> <p>¿Why isn't "1493 Cambridge St" always on top of the results? ¿Do I need to change the query of the trigram search or is it just the way the algorithm works?</p> <h1>Query example</h1> <pre><code>SELECT "addresses".*, (ts_rank((to_tsvector('simple', coalesce("addresses"."full_string"::text, ''))), (to_tsquery('simple', ''' ' || '1493' || ' ''') &amp;&amp; to_tsquery('simple', ''' ' || 'cambridge' || ' ''')), 0)) AS pg_search_rank FROM "addresses" WHERE (((coalesce("addresses"."full_string"::text, '')) % '1493 cambridge')) ORDER BY pg_search_rank DESC, "addresses"."id" ASC </code></pre>
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