Rails - May 2007 - Acts_as_ferret; one search over multiple models??

So i''ve been reading acts_as_ferret for about 3 days now and still have
not figured out how to create one search over all my models.  that way
when people search my site, they can actually find what they''re looking
for, and not just one model at a time.

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Jon,


  > not figured out how to create one search over all my models.

It''s not that hard to write :
   results = Book.find_by_contents(query) + Disk.find_by_contents(query)


If you really have loads of models to search through, you could write
something like (untested) :

 MODELS=%w(Book Disk Person Animal Article Page Concert Joke Story)
 results =  MODELS.collect{|klass|
     klass.constantize.find_by_contents(query)
 }.flatten


Alain
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You could also always make a model that covers them all through
methods, using the ability to point acts as ferret at other fields.

Example:

class Order < ActiveRecord::Base # ( or not even maybe.. )
  belongs_to :reservation
  belongs_to :customer
  acts_as_ferret :remote => true, :additional_fields => [
:reservation_to_s, :customer_to_s ]

  def reservation_to_s
   self.reservation.to_s # assuming you defined it
  end
  def customer_to_s
    self.customer.to_s # ditto
  end
end

Just one option... of many.

D. Taylor Singletary,
Reality Technicians
http://www.realitytechnicians.com

On 5/9/07, Alain Ravet
<alain.ravet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
> Jon,
>
>
>   > not figured out how to create one search over all my models.
>
> It''s not that hard to write :
>    results = Book.find_by_contents(query) + Disk.find_by_contents(query)
>
>
> If you really have loads of models to search through, you could write
> something like (untested) :
>
>  MODELS=%w(Book Disk Person Animal Article Page Concert Joke Story)
>  results =  MODELS.collect{|klass|
>      klass.constantize.find_by_contents(query)
>  }.flatten
>
>
> Alain
> ----
> blog.ravet.com
>
> >
>
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On May 9, 9:05 am, Jon Druse
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wrote:
> So i''ve been reading acts_as_ferret for about 3 days now and still
have
> not figured out how to create one search over all my models.  that way
> when people search my site, they can actually find what they''re
looking
> for, and not just one model at a time.
>
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Look at multisearch
http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/ferret-talk/2007-May/003275.html
http://projects.jkraemer.net/acts_as_ferret/rdoc/classes/ActsAsFerret/ClassMethods.html#M000014

or combine searches over individual models
http://infovore.org/archives/2006/09/22/cross-model-searching-in-rails-with-ferret/


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