I would setup your models differently, using Single-Table Inheritance
(STI). (You can get more info on it by Googling "rails single table
inheritance".) For your example, you'd have a table with columns like:
id, type, first_name, last_name, text1, text2, text3
Then, you'd have a model like:
class Text << ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_ferret(... declare all fields here )
end
You'd then subclass this with two other classes:
class EnglishText << Text
end
class DutchText << Text
end
Then, to search one or the other, use:
EnglishText.find_by_contents("english query")
DutchText.find_by_contents("dutch query")
That's a rough idea without exact code, but it should hopefully get you
started.
Thanks,
Doug
On 5/16/07, Alain Ravet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all,
Is there a way to have searches no use some indexed fields, when
processing a query?
context:
I have a model Foo that holds some information in two languages :
- text1_nl, text2_nl, text3_nl
and
- text1_en, text2_en, text3_en
Some other fields are common to both languages and indexed as well
- first_name, last_name
Depending on the visitor language choice I need to exclude the first
three, or last three fields when query processing. Is this doable
relatively simply?
I guess I could use two indexes, but I'd like to keep using
acts_as_ferret if possible.
TIA.
Alain Ravet
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http://blog.ravet.com
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