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Nathaniel S. H. Brown

2006-Feb-28 17:10 UTC

[Rails] FerretOnRails

I have spent a couple hours researching the FerretOnRails and acts_as_ferret
plugin, and am very pleased with what I see so far.

My question is how to have my application, with multiple models:

Speakers
Talks
News
etc..

With all varying :string and :text column types, to be able to use a single
index by which I can produce a search on.

I will go through each of the models and add a acts_as_ferret :fields =>
[''text_field'', ''string_field'',
''etc''] for each of the models so they are
indexed. But as far as storing the data in a way so that I can query it with
a single action like ActiveRecord::find_by_content(''search query
test''),
would work great. I even seen a reference to the previous post, but
haven''t
yet figured out how to use this.

I read about the Typo integration, that has a Content model, which all other
data models (Page, Comment, etc) extend and the
Content.find_by_content(@query) is used. This would work, however I do not
want to have a "Core" model which is extended in that fashion. But
rather
have a acts_as_ferrett within each model, all referencing the same index.
Then have one search page which queries them all, and links to the
controller/show/id for each record result.

Any ideas how I may use the acts_as_ferret to do this?

-Nb

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 Nathaniel S. H. Brown                           http://nshb.net 
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Jan Prill

2006-Mar-02 09:16 UTC

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Hi, Nathaniel,

I don''t remember it exactly but the last time I''ve looked into
jkraemers
Typo integration of acts_as_ferret it was using reflection on the indexed
model and stores the class_name as a field on the index while indexing.
Wouldn''t then a query on your model ''x'' that puts
it''s class-name in your
query (besides the other fields of that model you want to search on) do
exactly what you want and find only xs because of that class-name?

Regards
Jan Prill

On 2/28/06, Nathaniel S. H. Brown <nshb@inimit.com>
wrote:>
> I have spent a couple hours researching the FerretOnRails and
> acts_as_ferret
> plugin, and am very pleased with what I see so far.
>
> My question is how to have my application, with multiple models:
>
> Speakers
> Talks
> News
> etc..
>
> With all varying :string and :text column types, to be able to use a
> single
> index by which I can produce a search on.
>
> I will go through each of the models and add a acts_as_ferret :fields =>
> [''text_field'', ''string_field'',
''etc''] for each of the models so they are
> indexed. But as far as storing the data in a way so that I can query it
> with
> a single action like ActiveRecord::find_by_content(''search query
test''),
> would work great. I even seen a reference to the previous post, but
> haven''t
> yet figured out how to use this.
>
> I read about the Typo integration, that has a Content model, which all
> other
> data models (Page, Comment, etc) extend and the
> Content.find_by_content(@query) is used. This would work, however I do not
> want to have a "Core" model which is extended in that fashion.
But rather
> have a acts_as_ferrett within each model, all referencing the same index.
> Then have one search page which queries them all, and links to the
> controller/show/id for each record result.
>
> Any ideas how I may use the acts_as_ferret to do this?
>
> -Nb
>
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> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Nathaniel S. H. Brown

2006-Mar-02 12:16 UTC

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Hey Jan,

The goal was to get a list of all the indexes without knowing what the
models/indexes are. Introspection of the sorts.

I had originally simplified it down to a configuration, which you can use
Engine.add_index(''Model''), and it will add that model into the
search when
visiting the search page. However, I have recently realised I can introspect
the actual database, and do a
Object.const_get(table_name.pluralize).fields_for_ferrett to check if there
is an index that "should" be created.

If so, then that model will get added. Haven''t finalized this yet, but
I
promise to release the FerretEngine once I have something a bit more
solidified.

Kind regards,
Nathan.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Nathaniel S. H. Brown                           http://nshb.net 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org 
> [mailto:rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org] On Behalf Of Jan Prill
> Sent: March 2, 2006 1:16 AM
> To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> Subject: Re: [Rails] FerretOnRails
> 
> Hi, Nathaniel,
> 
> I don''t remember it exactly but the last time I''ve looked
> into jkraemers Typo integration of acts_as_ferret it was 
> using reflection on the indexed model and stores the 
> class_name as a field on the index while indexing. Wouldn''t 
> then a query on your model ''x'' that puts it''s
class-name in
> your query (besides the other fields of that model you want 
> to search on) do exactly what you want and find only xs 
> because of that class-name? 
> 
> Regards
> Jan Prill
> 
> 
> On 2/28/06, Nathaniel S. H. Brown <nshb@inimit.com> wrote:
> 
> 	I have spent a couple hours researching the 
> FerretOnRails and acts_as_ferret
> 	plugin, and am very pleased with what I see so far.
> 	
> 	My question is how to have my application, with multiple models:
> 	
> 	Speakers
> 	Talks
> 	News
> 	etc..
> 	
> 	With all varying :string and :text column types, to be 
> able to use a single
> 	index by which I can produce a search on.
> 	
> 	I will go through each of the models and add a 
> acts_as_ferret :fields => 
> 	[''text_field'', ''string_field'',
''etc''] for each of the
> models so they are
> 	indexed. But as far as storing the data in a way so 
> that I can query it with
> 	a single action like 
> ActiveRecord::find_by_content(''search query test''), 
> 	would work great. I even seen a reference to the 
> previous post, but haven''t
> 	yet figured out how to use this.
> 	
> 	I read about the Typo integration, that has a Content 
> model, which all other
> 	data models (Page, Comment, etc) extend and the 
> 	Content.find_by_content(@query) is used. This would 
> work, however I do not
> 	want to have a "Core" model which is extended in that 
> fashion. But rather
> 	have a acts_as_ferrett within each model, all 
> referencing the same index. 
> 	Then have one search page which queries them all, and 
> links to the
> 	controller/show/id for each record result.
> 	
> 	Any ideas how I may use the acts_as_ferret to do this?
> 	
> 	-Nb
> 	
> 	
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
> 	Nathaniel S. H. Brown                           http://nshb.net
> 	
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 	
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> 
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