Hey Pat, after getting the latest version of TS back working here I tried explicitly setting the bin_path et voila..delta indexing also works perfectly fine in dev mode :)
Hooray! And thanks once more! :) -J On Dec 28, 10:09 am, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote: > It could be a PATH issue... when invoking via console, the PATH (for > the indexer binary) is fine, but doesn't seem to be the case via > script/server. Try setting bin_path explicitly in your config/ > sphinx.yml file? > > -- > Pat > > On 27/12/2008, at 10:38 PM, Jörg Battermann wrote: > > > > > > > Pat, > > > nope.. I kept tail -f'ing the searchd.log while doing updates and only > > in console mode the > > > [Sat Dec 27 03:47:16.200 2008] [18328] rotating indices (seamless=1) > > [Sat Dec 27 03:47:16.203 2008] [18328] rotating index > > 'question_delta': success > > [Sat Dec 27 03:47:16.203 2008] [18328] rotating finished > > > entries appeared. Doing the other way mentioned above it did not > > rotate the indices and only set the delta = true flat.. nothing more > > happened on the sphinx/searchd side of things... > > > Version wise I have 'Sphinx 0.9.8-release (r1371)' on my machine... > > > -J > > > On Dec 27, 8:52 am, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hmm, need to think through this still, but one question that I've > >> thought of now: > >> Are you seeing output from the Sphinx indexer tool when you make > >> changes that should fire the delta index? > > >> -- > >> Pat > > >> On 26/12/2008, at 11:34 PM, Jörg Battermann wrote: > > >>> Pat, > > >>> yep I saw that this group is moderated AFTER I tried a couple > >>> times ;) > >>> Sorry about that. > > >>> regarding the problem: well I've narrowed it down to this strange > >>> situation: > > >>> Whenever I update a model by hand in the console, do a model.save > >>> the > >>> delta attribute gets set to true and I immediately see the sphinx > >>> output regarding the inclusion in the delta index and the model does > >>> show up entirely perfectly in each search-results thereafter. > > >>> Now doing the same through the controller/view perspective.. it does > >>> not work and I really don't know why. Basically I have 2 models and > >>> corresponding controllers which I update by e.g. > >>> @user.update_attributes(params[:user]) (mass-assigning is bad I > >>> know, > >>> but I'll change to proper per attribute updates once the attribute > >>> changes have settled).... and then the .delta attribute -does- get > >>> set > >>> to true, but in searches this instance does no longer appear at > >>> all... > >>> only after the next complete re-index it does. > > >>> I've tried explicitly .save 'ing after the update_attributes > >>> above... > >>> didn't change. Tried fiddling with manual delta-indexing calling the > >>> TS.methods for that directly.. no change. I stopped sphinx, deleted > >>> the index, re-configured, indexed, started... no change in that > >>> behaviour. > > >>> It can't really be development-mode related, right? Or any sort of > >>> dirty objects/attributes related that ts doesn't pick it up? I am > >>> using passenger locally.. with the dev env.. are there maybe any > >>> quirks known with that? Hrm.. besides that it's really nothing out > >>> of > >>> the ordinary... tried uncommenting all other before/after_save/ > >>> validate callbacks just to make sure there aren't any weird things > >>> going on.. but no change either. > > >>> Is there anything else I can do to narrow this down? Should these > >>> sphinx-delta-index messages that appear in the console after > >>> instance.save also appear in the dev-log when doing via the > >>> controller/ > >>> view way? > > >>> Rails is 2.2.2, ruby 1.8.7, ts via normal git submodules... just > >>> checked.. have the latest version. > > >>> I am kind of lost here :) > > >>> Cheers, > >>> -J > > >>> On Dec 26, 3:55 pm, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> Hi Jörg > > >>>> The reason your post didn't appear straight away is because there's > >>>> moderation for everyone's first posts here (to avoid spam). Sorry > >>>> for > >>>> the delay in getting it approved. > > >>>> As for your delta issue - it doesn't look like you're doing > >>>> anything > >>>> wrong. Can you confirm you've restarted Sphinx (and re-indexed > >>>> inbetween stopping and starting) after adding the delta property? > >>>> I'm > >>>> expecting you have though, which may mean the problem is how Sphinx > >>>> treats separate indexes. > > >>>> If the latter is the case, I can't offer much in the way of > >>>> solutions, > >>>> except that I'm hoping to have a fix soon - Sphinx can merge > >>>> indexes, > >>>> and so I want to get TS to a point where after running a delta > >>>> index > >>>> it merges the results back into the core index (and so it gets > >>>> treated > >>>> all as a single dataset again). > > >>>> Unfortunately, I'm not sure when I can get a solution done though > >>>> (a > >>>> common statement of mine on this list, sadly). Hoping to have more > >>>> time to tackle TS improvements over the next month though. > > >>>> One other caveat - it takes Sphinx a second (maximum, although I > >>>> guess > >>>> that would depend on local index sizes, etc) to catch up with the > >>>> new > >>>> values in delta indexes - but I'm guessing there's a slight delay > >>>> between making your new instance and testing the search, so I doubt > >>>> that's the problem. > > >>>> Cheers > > >>>> -- > >>>> Pat > > >>>> On 26/12/2008, at 1:31 AM, Jörg Battermann wrote: > > >>>>> Hey there, > > >>>>> I am pretty sure I am doing something wrong, but for some reason > >>>>> new > >>>>> entries/instances of a model which has the delta-index declaration > >>>>> included do not show up in a generic, empty ("") search on that > >>>>> model... > > >>>>> The ts declaration is like that: > > >>>>> define_index do > >>>>> indexes title, :sortable => true > >>>>> indexes cached_plaintext_question, :as => :question > >>>>> indexes answers.cached_plaintext_body, :as => :answers > >>>>> indexes cached_tag_list, :as => :tags > >>>>> indexes user.name, :as => :user > >>>>> indexes answered_by, user_id > > >>>>> has created_at > >>>>> has answers(:id), :as => :answer_ids > >>>>> set_property :delta => true > >>>>> end > > >>>>> Now after creating a new new question (that's the model that's > >>>>> being > >>>>> indexed/searched), and going back to the controller's index, which > >>>>> has > >>>>> the following search code: > > >>>>> @search_options = { > >>>>> :page => (params[:page] || 1), > >>>>> :per_page => Question.per_page, > >>>>> :include => :user, > >>>>> :order => "created_at DESC", > >>>>> :match_mode => :extended > >>>>> } > > >>>>> @questions = Question.search((params[:search] || ""), > >>>>> @search_options) > > >>>>> .... @questions does not contain this new instance mentioned > >>>>> above, > >>>>> but does after a full (re-)index. > > >>>>> Why's that? > > >>>>> Cheers, thanks & merry x-mas to everyone :) > >>>>> -Jörg --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thinking Sphinx" group. 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