Hi, I have this maddening strange bug using acts_as_ferret. If I search for a given phrase (let''s say "xyz") I get one set of results (lets call them set A). I search for xyz again and I get set A again. I search for xyz a third time and I get a different set (set B). I can keep executing the search query and my result sets continue to cycle a-a-b-a-a-b-a-a-b. It''s really strange. ''a'' is the correct set of results, ''b'' is related but contains some incorrect results too. I am using the fuzzy search algorithm by appending ''~'' to each word in the query executed with acts_as_ferrets find_by_contents. I am the only user of the server so nothing is being added to the index while I search. I am using rails 1.2RC1 the newest ferret and acts_as_ferret. Any ides? Thanks, Scott -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 08:49:26PM +0100, Scott Fortmann-roe wrote:> Hi, > > I have this maddening strange bug using acts_as_ferret. If I search for > a given phrase (let''s say "xyz") I get one set of results (lets call > them set A). I search for xyz again and I get set A again. I search for > xyz a third time and I get a different set (set B). > > I can keep executing the search query and my result sets continue to > cycle a-a-b-a-a-b-a-a-b. > > It''s really strange. ''a'' is the correct set of results, ''b'' is related > but contains some incorrect results too. I am using the fuzzy search > algorithm by appending ''~'' to each word in the query executed with > acts_as_ferrets find_by_contents. I am the only user of the server so > nothing is being added to the index while I search. I am using rails > 1.2RC1 the newest ferret and acts_as_ferret. > > Any ides?could you try to reproduce this behaviour with a plain ruby script only using Ferret directly? I think it''s a problem related to Ferret itself. cheers, Jens -- webit! Gesellschaft f?r neue Medien mbH www.webit.de Dipl.-Wirtschaftsingenieur Jens Kr?mer kraemer at webit.de Schnorrstra?e 76 Tel +49 351 46766 0 D-01069 Dresden Fax +49 351 46766 66
> > could you try to reproduce this behaviour with a plain ruby script only > using Ferret directly? I think it''s a problem related to Ferret itself. > > cheers, > Jens >I would be happy to but I am having a little bit of a hard time figuring out how to search the acts_as_ferret index using ferret by itself. Could you offer some guidance on this. (It seemed like ferret use to have a Search::IndexSearcher class that no longer exists, what do I use instead? The acts_as_ferret source is very convoluted) Thanks, Scott -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 12:25:17AM +0100, Scott Fortmann-roe wrote:> > > > could you try to reproduce this behaviour with a plain ruby script only > > using Ferret directly? I think it''s a problem related to Ferret itself. > > > > cheers, > > Jens > > > > I would be happy to but I am having a little bit of a hard time figuring > out how to search the acts_as_ferret index using ferret by itself. Could > you offer some guidance on this. (It seemed like ferret use to have a > Search::IndexSearcher class that no longer exists, what do I use > instead? The acts_as_ferret source is very convoluted)require ''rubygems'' require ''ferret'' index = Ferret::I.new(:path => ''path/to/ferret/index/dir'') index.search(''querystring here'') easiest is to do this in irb. Jens -- webit! Gesellschaft f?r neue Medien mbH www.webit.de Dipl.-Wirtschaftsingenieur Jens Kr?mer kraemer at webit.de Schnorrstra?e 76 Tel +49 351 46766 0 D-01069 Dresden Fax +49 351 46766 66
Ok, I accessed and carried out searches using Ferret alone. The same a-a-b-a-a-b cyclical patten of results to repeated searches occurred with two different sets of results being returned. It only occurs when I am searching for "xyz~" search for "xyz" by itself always returns the same results. So it looks like a ferret issue. Any ideas how to fix this? thanks, Scott -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.