Thanks Pat - this is perfect.

Thanks also for maintaining TS - it's fantastic.

Mike

On Aug 11, 2:17 am, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Mike
>
> There's a couple of options - firstly, you can weight certain indices to have 
> higher priorities in your search call:
>
>   :index_weights => {Continent => 4, Country => 3, StateProvince => 2, Place 
> => 1}
>
> That won't ensure your order, though - if a country is a far better match 
> than a low continent, then it'll probably end up above it. Could play with 
> those numbers (any indices/classes not mentioned get a weight of 1), they 
> don't need to be sequential, could be anything.
>
> A more reliable option, if the ordering is critical, is give each model a 
> manual attribute like so - changing the number each time to ensure your sort 
> order:
>
>   has '1', :as => :class_sort, :type => :integer
>
> And then use :order => :class_sort - or, better: "class_sort ASC, @relevance 
> DESC"
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Pat
>
> On 11/08/2011, at 1:14 PM, mikeee wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi -
>
> > I have a few models I'm indexing: Continent, Country, StateProvince
> > and Place
>
> > I'd like if possible to have the ranking/weight of these to be in the
> > order I've listed above in the search results.   Is there any way to
> > do this?
>
> > I've tried using the :classes attribute but that doesn't seem to
> > affect the ranking.
>
> > Thanks for any advice.
>
> > Mike
>
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