Hi Greg This is actually a requirement of Sphinx which Thinking Sphinx in turn enforces... however, it's pretty easy to get around - just add the following to your index definition:
indexes "''", :as => :empty Cheers -- Pat On 02/02/2011, at 12:08 PM, Greg wrote: > Hi all > > Is it possible to use Thinking Sphinx with attributes only (i.e. no > fields)? I only need to use faceted filtering and don't need any > fields to be indexed for full text searching. > > I have tried the following: > > define_index do > has size, :facet => true > has colour, :facet => true > end > > ...but this results in the following error: > "At least one field is necessary for an index" > > Many thanks > Greg > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
