As an alternative to sphinx I had good experience recently with sunspot (using solr as backend) being a pretty much drop in replacement.
On Sep 15, 1:07 pm, Tiago Franco <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Abbasi > > If the site will be serving a lot of searches, I highly advise to > consider the integration with Sphinx (probably with the Thinking Sphinx > Gem). > > Tiago Franco > > On 09/15/2010 07:41 PM, kevinpfromnm wrote: > > > That or allow passing a list of models to be searched or a finder or > > passing in results. > > > Last is probably simplest > > def site_search(query,results = nil) > > results ||= ... > > > On Sep 15, 5:37 am, Bryan Larsen<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Oops, forgot about that one. > > >> The generators put the search function in your front controller. The > >> generated function calls Hobo::Controller#site_search which calls > >> Hobo.find_by_search and then renders the result. It seems to me like > >> you'd probably want to reimplement Hobo::Controller#site_search, > >> replacing the call to Hobo.find_by_search with your own finder. In > >> other words, cut and paste site_search into your front_controller, and > >> replace the first two lines: > > >> def site_search(query) > >> results = ModelA.find(:all, :conditions => ...) + > >> ModelB.find(:all, :conditions => ...) > >> all_results = results.select { |r| r.viewable_by?(current_user) } > >> if all_results.empty? > >> render :text => "<p>"+ ht(:"hobo.live_search.no_results", > >> :default=>["Your search returned no matches."]) + "</p>" > >> else > >> render_tags(all_results, :search_card, :for_type => true) > >> end > >> end > > >> It seems to me that we should split site_search into two functions so > >> that nobody has to do any cut and pasting. > > >> Bryan > > >> On 10-09-15 12:15 AM, Abbasi Ujjainwala wrote: > > >>> Yep Kevin is right but I do think I can give a short at what Bryan has > >>> sugfested and see either I can convince my stake holders to the > >>> functionality it offiers else, I will be in search of how to modify live > >>> out > >>> of the box search provided by Hobo. Ideal scenario for me is to allow > >>> filter > >>> on the out of the box search for example a drop down list a user can > >>> select > >>> to search Entity A or B or C or ... > > >>> regards, > >>> abbasi > >>> ph: 678 425 4556 > > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > >>> Behalf Of kevinpfromnm > >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 10:46 PM > >>> To: Hobo Users > >>> Subject: [Hobo Users] Re: how to restrict search to perform search on an > >>> entity type > > >>> I think he was referring to the live-search and not a particular model > >>> search. I looked but found no documentation on how (if possible even) > >>> to change what the live-search searches. I know there's a search > >>> method on the front controller by default but as to how to go about > >>> changing it, don't know. > > >>> On Sep 14, 6:58 pm, Bryan Larsen<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> Using the agility tutorial example: > > >>>> def show > >>>> �...@project = find_instance > >>>> �...@stories = > >>>> �[email protected]_scopes(:search => > >>>> [params[:search], > >>>> :title], > >>>> :order_by => > >>>> parse_sort_param(:title, :status)) > >>>> end > > >>>> You can simply add further scopes to the chain or the apply_scopes: > > >>>> �[email protected]_completed.apply_scopes(...) > > >>>> You can either use Hobo's automatic scopes: > > >>>>http://cookbook.hobocentral.net/manual/scopes > > >>>> or Rails' named scopes: > > >>>>http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/3/24/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-has... > > >>>> Bryan > > >>>> On 10-09-14 08:12 PM, Abbasi Ujjainwala wrote: > > >>>>> Hi, > > >>>>> I have a requirement to search only one type of entity or allow user to > >>>>> select which entity she wants to search on. > > >>>>> The default search basically searches across the board, so question is > >>>>> how can I configure it to search just the entity which user wants? > > >>>>> regards, > > >>>>> abbasi > > >>>>> ph: 678 425 4556 > > >>>>> -- > >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>>> Groups "Hobo Users" group. > >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>>> [email protected]. > >>>>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>>>http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en.
