Ferret talk - May 2007 - issues with searching custom fields

Hey all,

I''m using acts_as_ferret this way:
class Job < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_ferret :fields => [:title, :workers_name]

def workers_name
return self.workers.inject("") {|names,b| names + " " + 
b.first_name}.to_s
end
end

But when I do Job.find_by_contents("workers_name:patrick")
I get nil.

Yet when I do:
j=Job.find :first
j.workers_name
I do get a worker (among others) which name is patrick.

Any idea why I don''t get it with find_by_contents?

thanx in advance

Pat

On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 10:07:29PM +0200, Patrick Aljord
wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I''m using acts_as_ferret this way:
> class Job < ActiveRecord::Base
> acts_as_ferret :fields => [:title, :workers_name]
> 
> def workers_name
> return self.workers.inject("") {|names,b| names + " " +
b.first_name}.to_s
> end
> end
> 
> But when I do Job.find_by_contents("workers_name:patrick")
> I get nil.
> 
> Yet when I do:
> j=Job.find :first
> j.workers_name
> I do get a worker (among others) which name is patrick.
> 
> Any idea why I don''t get it with find_by_contents?
have you tried rebuilding your index? You have to do so after changing
aaf options.

Jens

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On 5/24/07, Jens Kraemer <kraemer at webit.de>
wrote:
> have you tried rebuilding your index? You have to do so after changing
> aaf options.
yes indeed I did rm -rf index/ yesterday and it worked :)