SearchableModel is workable as long as you have 1 or at most 2 words in the search, otherwise the indexes 'explode' in size. You should be able to mark a field as non-indexed, and non-ascii fields should be non-indexed by default. If there were some doctests, this could be added to gql.py.
Robin On Feb 17, 10:51 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > Thank you for sharing this with us. > > Robin is our resident expert on GAE. Perhaps this can me incorporated > into the next version. > > Massimo > > On Feb 17, 9:59 am, CanPeaceLive <canbar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello , > > I've done a couple of patches to use SearchableModel in app engine I > > would like to ask for feedback, I'm totally new to all app engine > > python and web2py. > > Features: > > - Specify if a table is searchable (like the migrate argument) with > > searchable=True > > - Specify which properties are searchable or not > > - Use search='searchString' argument in select queries > > > To achieve these first I've modified the appengine SearchableModel to > > take unsearchable_properties[] argument so it only indexes specified > > items, this is useful because app engine indexes things which may not > > be necessary. I got the idea from > > here:http://www.billkatz.com/2008/8/A-SearchableModel-for-App-Engine > > > Next I modified gql.py to import this new SearchableModel. And look > > for searchable=True key in SQLTable._create : > > I put **args in __init__ arguments and provided self.args = > > args , then : > > > if 'searchable' in self.args and self.args['searchable'] == True : > > logging.info('search model called') > > if 'unsearchable_properties' in self.args : > > myfields['unsearchable_properties'] = self.args > > ['unsearchable_properties'] > > self._tableobj = classobj(self._tablename, > > (search.SearchableModel, ), > > myfields) > > else: > > logging.info('regular model called') > > self._tableobj = classobj(self._tablename, > > (google_db.Model, ), > > myfields) > > > (by the way python says classobj is deprecated) > > > After that to use search='searchString' in database calls: > > added 'search' in valid_attributes for SQLSet._select then : > > > if 'search' in attributes.keys(): > > items = search.SearchableModel.Query(table) > > items = items.search(attributes['search']) > > else: > > items = google_db.Query(table) > > > It seems to work pretty, I have not fully tested it, but I hope I'm > > in right track, it is totally backwards compatible, just not > > compatible with other databases in parallel. And be warned app engine > > has bugs related to indexing non-ascii text... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
