Ferret talk - May 2007 - select model & field for search

hi, I was wondering if someone could help me? I am trying to create a
select option for the ferret search in my app. I want users to be able
to select from a range of fields and models to limit their query
results.

So far i have a select box;

    <input type="text" name="query" value="<%= h
@query %>" />
    <%= select(:searchbox, :category, %w{everything tags name products
})%>

but i have no idea how to set this to limit the search within the
categories.

I know you can limit query by querying name:bob but this is too
difficult for users. Is there a nice way to do code this?

Thanx, Jos

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On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 10:12:19AM +0200, Jos wrote:
> hi, I was wondering if someone could help me? I am trying to create a
> select option for the ferret search in my app. I want users to be able
> to select from a range of fields and models to limit their query
> results.
> 
> So far i have a select box;
> 
>     <input type="text" name="query"
value="<%= h @query %>" />
>     <%= select(:searchbox, :category, %w{everything tags name products
> })%>
> 
> but i have no idea how to set this to limit the search within the
> categories.
> 
> I know you can limit query by querying name:bob but this is too
> difficult for users. Is there a nice way to do code this?
you could build the query string programmatically, or build query objects
directly from your user''s input (the Ferret API docs have more info
about the various kinds of query types available)

Jens

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