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2007 Oct 08
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Can you alias fields in acts_as_ferret?
...ails, I''m using acts_as_ferret on a Article model that has_many
Authors. I want to be able to index authors'' names with each article.
Since @article.authors yields an array of Author objects (and not an
indexable string), I''ve created this method in my Article model:
def authors_aaf
@authors.collect {|a| a.name }.to_sentence
end
I call it "authors_aaf" because "authors" would cause a conflict. But I
want my field name to be "authors", because that makes the most sense.
(Users shouldn''t have to type "authors_aaf:Joe" to search...