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AlloyDB adds SQL-based fusion for vector and full-text search

cloud.google.com by Kumar Ramamurthy, Ricky Zhou 9 min read Editor score 7/10

AlloyDB AI combines vector and full-text search results with a SQL function powered by Reciprocal Rank Fusion, and the post also covers the RUM extension for ranking and phrase matching. This can reduce custom fusion and reranking work in RAG systems.

What
AlloyDB AI combines vector search and full-text search for hybrid search using Reciprocal Rank Fusion.
How
RRF fuses ranked results without score normalization; AlloyDB also adds RUM, native BM25 indexing, and an external-search FDW.
Why it matters
A database-side fusion function can replace fragile score logic and multi-step application orchestration in RAG search.
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