On 19/01/2008, at 10:17 AM, Jeff wrote: > How difficult would it be to change over to Sphinx?
The overall process? Not hard, with the caveat Adrian mentioned (ie: advanced Ferret features). But keep in mind Sphinx does not allow updating fields of index records (Ferret does) - you have to re-index to get the latest changes into Sphinx. There are ways around this, to some extent - delta indexes, containing just the recent changes - but it doesn't seem to be critical to everyone. Essentially, though: - Choose a sphinx plugin, and install it. - Set up the configuration and indexes, either manually, or within your models (depending on the plugin) - Install sphinx - Index your data - Switch your ferret-specific search calls to use the sphinx plugin's search calls. - Start the sphinx daemon (searchd) - Confirm everything works Or something along those lines. I'm sure the EngineYard crew have a better idea though. -- Pat e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] || m: 0413 273 337 w: http://freelancing-gods.com || p: 03 9386 0928 discworld: http://ausdwcon.org || skype: patallan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deploying Rails" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-deployment@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-deployment?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
