On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 06:37:05AM +0200, Dave Munson wrote: > I've read the Rails Envy AAF tutorial at > http://railsenvy.com/2007/2/19/acts-as-ferret-tutorial and its given me > some really good ideas. > > My problem lies in having AAF search the target Model's child tables. > > I have no problem at all doing something like: > acts_as_ferret :fields => [:title, :update_collection, :member_name] > > def member_name > return "#{self.member.username}" > end > > However when I try to query child tables like such... > def update_collection > self.place_updates.collect { |update| update.description }.join > ' ' > end > I have no luck. > > I know the method is working because if I do something like > > raise Model.find(5).update_collection.inspect it returns a string with > all descriptions. > > Any ideas? I would really appreciate any help!
most probably the collection isn't there yet when aaf indexes your record. Have a look at your log file to see what value aaf gets from your method when it calls it. cheers, Jens -- Jens Krämer webit! Gesellschaft für neue Medien mbH Schnorrstraße 76 | 01069 Dresden Telefon +49 351 46766-0 | Telefax +49 351 46766-66 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.webit.de Amtsgericht Dresden | HRB 15422 GF Sven Haubold, Hagen Malessa _______________________________________________ Ferret-talk mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk
