Thank you. I ended up using Haystack but I appreciate your insight. On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 12:08:44 AM UTC-4, Daniel Sokolowski wrote: > > I also found that piece of code when I needed to implement search - it > was confusing so I ended up with my own approach that was easier to > understand and simpler at least to me - I pasted an example of live code > here: http://dpaste.org/KYhUq/ > > The searching piece of code is in the form_valid() method: > > query = (query.filter(name__icontains=bit) | > query.filter(description__icontains=bit)) > > This filters the query down on each loop of the word user typed, you > would adjust that according to your model fields. > > Hope that helps. > > On 18/06/2012 14:23, DF wrote: > > I'm working on my first project and I'm attempting to implement a > > basic search function where users can search for a specific terms. > > > > There are many options available, most a bit too heavy for what I > > require. I found this posting which illustrates how to implement a > > basic search function that sounds ideal: > > > > > http://julienphalip.com/post/2825034077/adding-search-to-a-django-site-in-a-snap#disqus_thread > > > > > The problem: the documentation is a bit incomplete, especially for a > > newbie. And I could use some help from those with experience on how to > > implement this. > > > > The first action is to create a file within the project � say > > search.py � with the following code: > > > > import re > > > > from django.db.models import Q > > > > def normalize_query(query_string, > > findterms=re.compile(r'"([^"]+)"|(\S+)').findall, > > normspace=re.compile(r'\s{2,}').sub): > > ''' Splits the query string in invidual keywords, getting rid of > > unecessary spaces > > and grouping quoted words together. > > Example: > > >>> normalize_query(' some random words "with quotes " and > spaces') > > ['some', 'random', 'words', 'with quotes', 'and', 'spaces'] > > ''' > > return [normspace(' ', (t[0] or t[1]).strip()) for t in > > findterms(query_string)] > > > > def get_query(query_string, search_fields): > > ''' Returns a query, that is a combination of Q objects. That > > combination > > aims to search keywords within a model by testing the given > > search fields. > > ''' > > query = None # Query to search for every search term > > terms = normalize_query(query_string) > > for term in terms: > > or_query = None # Query to search for a given term in each field > > for field_name in search_fields: > > q = Q(**{"%s__icontains" % field_name: term}) > > if or_query is None: > > or_query = q > > else: > > or_query = or_query | q > > if query is None: > > query = or_query > > else: > > query = query & or_query > > return query > > > > Then the next step would be to import this file into the views � > > import search (not sure if the app name should proceed this). Then add > > this view, with the object detail changed to match my model: > > > > def search(request): > > query_string = '' > > found_entries = None > > if ('q' in request.GET) and request.GET['q'].strip(): > > query_string = request.GET['q'] > > entry_query = get_query(query_string, ['title', 'body',]) > > found_entries = > > Entry.objects.filter(entry_query).order_by('-pub_date') > > > > return render_to_response('search/search_results.html', > > { 'query_string': query_string, > > 'found_entries': found_entries }, > > context_instance=RequestContext(request)) > > > > After this, I'm a bit stumped. > > > > I assume this requires a basic url for the urls.py file, which seems > > straightforward enough. But I'm not sure how to place this within a > > template, what tags to use, etc. I have a search bar form on my main > > template page to which I would like to attach this. But returning the > > search/search_results.html template with the appropriate tags is a bit > > head scratching. > > > > This is a fairly long post but if anyone could provide some insight on > > implementing this search function, it would be much appreciated. Thanks. > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Django users" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/6jWgePRRzQYJ. > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > -- > Daniel Sokolowski > Web Engineer > Danols Web Engineering > http://webdesign.danols.com/ >
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