damian wrote: > However if you don't want to spend the time to do that yourself I would > highly > suggest looking into the Searchable plugin which uses Ferret or Solr as > search backends. It integrates nicely into your models using > ActiveRecord > hooks - much like aaf. > > The key feature in your case is that it also provides a DRb backend > which you can turn on by a simple config switch, allowing you to > have a central indexing server. more about this plugin at RubyForge: > > http://searchable.rubyforge.org/ > > It has been mentioned once before on this list but I think it deserves > more exposure - especially as more people try to use Ferret for larger > projects which require a multiple-server deployment. My company wrote > our own DRb ferret implementation in house -- but that was before I saw > the Searchable rails plugin ;) > > Good Luck, > -damian
Thanks Damian, I'm going to download and test out the searchable plugin. It seems as if it should be able to handle what I need, and if it does, you are right; it deserves more exposure. I had never heard of it before. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. _______________________________________________ Ferret-talk mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk
