Patent ID: 8560525

Claim:
A system for searching stored content comprising: a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receive a search request from a user; select, transparent to the user, whether a full text search is performed prior to a search of one or more stored relational database tables, after a search of one or more stored relational database tables, or in parallel with a search of one or more stored relational database tables, wherein the full text search and the search of the one or more stored relational database tables are both associated with a search request, wherein the select operation includes: determine whether the search request includes an object identifier; in the event that the search request includes the object identifier, determine whether the search request includes a term associated with the object identifier; and in the event that the search request includes the object identifier and the term associated with the object identifier, select that the full text search is performed after the search of one or more stored relational database tables; in the event that the full text search is selected to be performed prior to a search of one or more stored relational database tables, execute the full text search prior to executing the search of one or more stored relational database tables; in the event that the full text search is selected to be performed after the search of one or more stored relational database tables, execute the full text search after executing the search of one or more stored relational database tables, wherein the executing of the full text search is performed only on the results on the executing of the search of the one or more stored relational database tables; and in the event that the full text search is selected to be performed in parallel with the search of one or more stored relational database tables, execute the full text search in parallel with executing the search of one or more stored relational database tables; and a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.