Oh ok I think we are talking about different things. So there will be duplicate records (with different lat/lng) in the Sphinx index, you're just talking about pulling out the positions in my application database. Am I understanding correctly?
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 3:54 AM, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Zack > > You can pull in association data - so, I'd have a single model, Point, which > would pull in the fields and attributes from other models if necessary (eg: > Path). There'll be some examples in the docs for this: > http://freelancing-god.github.com/ts/en/indexing.html > > -- > Pat > > On 12/08/2011, at 8:41 PM, Zack Ham wrote: > >> Would these be separate indexes then? I need to do full text search >> and filter/sort on various attributes - is this still possible? >> >> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Pat Allan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> I would have separate records for each point, which have a path_id, which >>> would perhaps be your current table? Don't duplicate data, just use >>> associations. >>> >>> -- >>> Pat >>> >>> On 12/08/2011, at 5:36 PM, zackham wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for the quick response! >>>> >>>> Would that require inserting duplicates of all records, with the only >>>> difference being the lat/lng? Feels odd doubling my data set but I am >>>> new to Sphinx and unfamiliar with the implications. >>>> >>>> On Aug 12, 4:37 am, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Sphinx only comprehends a single lat/lng value for a document/record - >>>>> so, you'll need a record for each point you want to match on. You could >>>>> then have a path_id for each point, and group by point_id - thus ensuring >>>>> only one record per point. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Pat >>>>> >>>>> On 12/08/2011, at 3:09 AM, zackham wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> We are implementing a search of paths where direction of the path is >>>>>> not relevant. The paths can be pretty long (hundreds of miles or >>>>>> more) so when we search for a path proximate to a particular location, >>>>>> we need to look at the start and end points of the paths and only use >>>>>> the more proximate of the two points for sorting/ranking. Any ideas >>>>>> how this can be accomplished? >>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > -- > 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.
