Hi,
I just noticed that Ferret seems to convert every field to a string
[ruby code appended for those interested], which has thwarted my attempt
to format Dates (to "dd/mm/yyyy") and Floats (to "n.nn") for consumption
further down the line based on the class of the field stored.
I considered pre-formatting Dates and Floats prior to indexing, which
would store the field exactly as I need for presentation purposes,
however I would lose sorting and range searching.
I'm wondering what approaches people are using to manage formatting post
retrieve from Ferret.
Any pointers appreciated,
Kind Regards
Neville
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require 'rubygems'
require 'ferret'
require 'date'
p Ferret::VERSION
@dir = Ferret::Store::RAMDirectory.new
@index = Ferret::Index::Index.new(:dir => @dir)
invoice = {:invoice_date => Date.new(2006,9,20), :invoice_value =>
44.50, :invoice_no => 45656, :invoice_to => 'Nev'}
@index << invoice
doc = @index[0].load
doc.fields.each do |f|
p f
p doc[f].class
p doc[f]
end
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>ruby test_format.rb
"0.10.6"
:invoice_date
String
"2006-09-20"
:invoice_value
String
"44.5"
:invoice_no
String
"45656"
:invoice_to
String
"Nev"
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