Hey all, I had some pressing questions about acts_as_ferret and had not heard about this mailing list yet, so I contacted Jens directly and he was kind enough to answer my questions. I would like to post our exchange here and continue the dialogue in hopes that it's useful to someone else out there.
Question #1: How should I be setting up my form helper? >> Jens' Response: >> There's nothing special to do here - just use a normal text_field. >> I usually have a separate Search model class to back my search forms. Question #2: Rather than defining self.full_text_search on each of my 12 models, I am hoping for a cleaner solution, perhaps a module that I can mixin somehow. Also I am pondering the idea of having a separate SearchController so that my search methods are in one place as well. Do you have any guides/suggestions for handling multiple models in a DRY fashion? >> Jens' Response: >> See above, either create one Search model to handle all searches, or use >> inheritance/mix ins to handle the common things like paging. Depends on >> how your search forms look - if they're all the same one Search model >> should be enough - just parametrize it with the class you want to search >> on. Question #3: Where exactly does AAF keep the generated index? >> Jens' Response: >> By default aaf creates the indices in directories named >> RAILS_ROOT/index/RAILS_ENV/model_name. ################ NEW QUESTIONS ################### Re: Search Model 1. Is this just an Active Record object or do I need to set up a database for it as well (if so then with what columns)? 2. Do I need to set up table relationships to the others (has_many)? 3. How do I boost fields within a multisearch statement? Re: Search Display I've seen countless examples of pagination code for AAF, but Im still not sure how to write the view code for my search results. You can read more about the issues I am having, along with code examples here => http://pastie.caboo.se/52769 Thanks again to Jens and the helpful people of this community. You rock! _______________________________________________ Ferret-talk mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk
