[Ferret-talk] Two Shared Indices(sp?) in aaf.rb file (for Acts_as_ferret)

[Philip Ingram]

Jens, thanks again for the words.

i've got one more question regarding searching by associations with  
aaf.  Is it possible?

for instance, i have an account model and a forum, with topics and  
messages.

I'd love to search by current_account.topics for instance.

Using this shared index, can i do this (mind you it doesn't work so  
i'm wondering if you have any hints?!?!

>> ActsAsFerret::define_index('forumindex',
>> :models => {
>>  current_account.topics => {:fields => [:title]},
>>  current_account.messages => {:fields => [:title, :content]}
>> },
>> :ferret => {
>>  :default_fields => [:title, :title, :content]
>> }
>> )

Thoughts?

Addendum: Although current_account is a controller method in  
application.rb, maybe that's why it won't work. i just don't k now  
enough to put it in the model however.

thanks
Phil.
On 11-Feb-09, at 4:48 AM, Jens Kraemer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 11.02.2009, at 05:11, Philip Ingram wrote:
>>
>> no comma, worked like a charm.
>
> great :-)
>
>> All the hip kids are using sphinx and there was a rumour out there  
>> that ferret hasn't been worked on for like 2 years. is that true?   
>> if you want to email me directly, i'm fine with that too, but would  
>> love to hear about the direction of the project,, and if it's not  
>> long term, i might as well go with sphinx, rake tasks and delta  
>> indexes and all...  i'm launching a new site where search is going  
>> to be prevalent in it, hence these questions.
>
> As you can see on github, the last commit to Ferret's code base was  
> on Jan 02 this year: http://github.com/dbalmain/ferret/tree/master
>
> I'm personally using aaf in several projects, among them a knowledge  
> management system where search also is a key part of the  
> application, so I'll for sure continue maintenance and development  
> of the plugin (as time permits, which in the last few months for  
> sure has been a problem). Patches are always welcome of course. I  
> also plan to do a major rewrite of the whole plugin as soon as  
> possible.
>
> Regarding sphinx - while it might be an ok solution for really  
> simple use cases and also might beat aaf regarding re-indexing time,  
> it simply doesn't suit my needs when it comes to more complex  
> scenarios. Ferret is much more capable regarding supported queries  
> and IR features in general, and aaf's Rails integration saves you  
> much of the maintenance hassles you mentioned. And you aren't  
> limited to content stored in the database with Ferret and aaf - I  
> have a project where I crawl static html via rdig and index a  
> product database, and all can be searched at once through a simple  
> search form...
>
>
> Cheers,
> Jens
>
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