On 10/9/06, bbqTree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, ive been reading up on ferret, acts_as_ferret, and other search > plugins for rails. > > after reading about ferret, i found out about the acts_as_ferrt plugin. > > my first question about acts_as_ferret: > > 1. from reading about ferret, do i still need to manually save the IDX > and add a IDX column field to my model table for acts_as_ferret to work? > they say that acts_as_ferret handles everything, but i wasnt sure what > exactly does it handle when compared to the ferret tutorials that i > read.
Personally I don't use acts_as_ferret but I'll try and answer these questions as best I can. The following will automatically index the fields of the Foo model: class Foo < ActiveRecord::Base acts_as_ferret end See http://projects.jkraemer.net/acts_as_ferret/wiki/AdvancedUsage for more advanced usage. > 2. is there a complete tutorial online for acts_as_ferret plugin? so far > all the blogs that i came across pretty much say the same thing. That above link is the most complete tutorial I know of. Maybe someone else will know of other resources. If you need to do anything more advanced then you should probably learn more about Ferret itself. > 3. does acts_as_ferret do this? if i specify acts_as_ferret to index > just title column in my 'recipe' table, and if someone types 'bbq plate' > in the search box, will these recipes with the following title match? > > "island bbq style plate" > "bbq ribs" > "potato plate salad" > "my bbq plate" > > if so, will the one with the most matching text like "my bbq plate" be > listed as #1? Ferret is pretty easy to experiment with. Here is an example: require 'rubygems' require 'ferret' index = Ferret::I.new [ "island bbq style plate", "bbq ribs", "potato plate salad", "my bbq plate" ].each {|text| index << text} puts index.search('bbq plate') puts index.search('"bbq plate"') And the output: TopDocs: total_hits = 4, max_score = 0.883883 [ 3 "my bbq plate": 0.883883 0 "island bbq style plate": 0.707107 1 "bbq ribs": 0.220971 2 "potato plate salad": 0.176777 ] TopDocs: total_hits = 1, max_score = 1.250000 [ 3 "my bbq plate": 1.250000 ] So to answer your question, yes, the results are ordered by relevency. > Thanks for the help! no problem. Dave _______________________________________________ Ferret-talk mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk
