gistfile1.sql

-- Function: update_article_fts_index()

-- DROP FUNCTION update_article_fts_index();

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION update_article_fts_index()
  RETURNS trigger AS
$BODY$
	BEGIN
		-- Update the fts_index
		NEW.fts_index =
			setweight( to_tsvector( coalesce( (SELECT array_to_string(array(SELECT t.tag FROM articles_tags at JOIN tags t ON t.tag_id = at.tag_id WHERE at.article_id = NEW.article_id), ' ')) ,'')), 'A' ) || ' ' ||
			setweight( to_tsvector( coalesce(NEW.title,'')), 'B' ) || ' ' ||
			setweight( to_tsvector( coalesce(NEW.synopsis,'')), 'D' ) || ' ' ||
			setweight( to_tsvector( coalesce(NEW.body,'')),'D');

		-- Return the new row
		RETURN NEW;
	END
$BODY$
  LANGUAGE plpgsql VOLATILE
  COST 100;
ALTER FUNCTION update_article_fts_index() OWNER TO think_done;

gistfile2.sql

-- how I would search for articles related to postgres
SELECT
    ts_rank_cd(fts_index, q) AS rank,
    article_id, title, synopsis, stat_quicktro,
    to_char(date_created, 'Mon FMDD YYYY') AS created
FROM
    articles, plainto_tsquery('postgres') q
WHERE
    stat_active AND
    q @@ fts_index