Hi Nick, This looks awesome! I'm using Sphinx 0.9.9 -- so how exactly would I use it? Set up a callback for my models that call the method in your pastie when their attributes of interest get updated? Or is there a way to hook into ThinkingSphinx's DSL for define_index such that `has attribute` could take an option like :update => true? Does anyone know how Pat feels about incorporating this into TS proper?
Also, does that update have to happen on the app server with searchd running? Thanks a ton! -Aaron On Apr 20, 4:14 am, Nick Sellen <[email protected]> wrote: > > multiple app servers but only one Sphinx/searchd > > the caveat is "it will only work for a single searchd instance" - so > you should be fine to use the delayed delta with multiple app servers > (but it looks like you're not using delayed job anyway). > > I use sphinx in a simliar way to you and the most useful information > in my index are the attributes (not fields) and you can actually live > update the index for these. I've stopped doing delta updates where > possible to do the live update instead. I've added a small extension > to thinking sphinx which makes it easier runhttp://pastebin.com/KgwWREnj. > > (You need sphinx 0.9.9 if you want to live update MVA attributes > though) > > Hope this is helpful. > > Nick > > On Apr 19, 5:12 pm, agibralter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I use Sphinx for displaying filtered, sortable, and searchable lists > > of items in my web app. I use Sphinx even when there is no searching > > involved because ThinkingSphinx's sphinx_scopes make it very easy to > > chain attribute constraints together and because Sphinx is very fast. > > There is an obvious disadvantage though: lists are not displayed in > > realtime. This means I have to leverage delta indexing as much as > > possible... > > > Because I have multiple app servers but only one Sphinx/searchd > > server, I cannot use the standard delta indexer. I have seen the > > caveat at the bottom ofhttp://freelancing-god.github.com/ts/en/deltas.html > > but I can't figure out a good way to send asynchronous delta update > > jobs to my application server with searchd on it. Has anyone figured > > out a good way to do this? Also, I'm not using delayed_job in my > > app... I'm using Workling/Starling, but thinking of moving to > > Resque... has anyone seen a delayed delta that uses Resque? If so, is > > there a way to send the "async_update_deltas" jobs to my app server > > with searchd? > > > Anyway, as an alternative, I've been using ts-datetime-delta to keep > > the lists as up-to-date as possible, running the rake ts:index:delta > > task every 2 minutes with cron on my server with searchd. I'm thinking > > of moving to 1 minute to be more realtime... This seems much more > > frequent than any examples of ts-datetime-delta I've seen... does this > > sound crazy? Should I try and figure out a way to use the delayed > > delta instead? > > > Sorry for all the questions! I appreciate any advice! > > > Best, > > Aaron > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Thinking Sphinx" 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/thinking-sphinx?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thinking Sphinx" 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/thinking-sphinx?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thinking Sphinx" 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/thinking-sphinx?hl=en.
