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# CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY

## Name

CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY -- define a new text search dictionary

## Synopsis

    CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY name (
        TEMPLATE = template
        [, option = value [, ... ]]
    )

## Description

`CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY` creates a new text search dictionary. A text search dictionary specifies a way of recognizing interesting or uninteresting words for searching. A dictionary depends on a text search template, which specifies the functions that actually perform the work. Typically the dictionary provides some options that control the detailed behavior of the template's functions.

If a schema name is given then the text search dictionary is created in the specified schema. Otherwise it is created in the current schema.

The user who defines a text search dictionary becomes its owner.

Refer to Chapter 12 for further information.

## Parameters

`name`

  The name of the text search dictionary to be created. The name can be schema-qualified.

`template`

  The name of the text search template that will define the basic behavior of this dictionary.

`option`

  The name of a template-specific option to be set for this dictionary.

`value`

  The value to use for a template-specific option. If the value is not a simple identifier or number, it must be quoted (but you can always quote it, if you wish).

The options can appear in any order.

## Examples

The following example command creates a Snowball-based dictionary with a nonstandard list of stop words.

    CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY my_russian (
        template = snowball,
        language = russian,
        stopwords = myrussian
    );

## Compatibility

There is no `CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY` statement in the SQL standard.

## See Also

ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY, DROP TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY

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