Version: 1.0

Posted: 2008-06-04

Build Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5, Xcode 3.0

Runtime Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5

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Description

Searching against Unicode text is a potentially expensive operation. This sample uses a derived property in Core Data to maintain a normalized version of string data for faster searching. In addition, a value transformer overrides the predicate in a search field so that the search string is also normalized.

Document Revision History

Date Notes
2008-06-04Illustrates use of Core Data derived properties to make searching against string data more efficient.

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