I'm currently writing a system that stores user-created documents. Each user belongs to a specific group, and the system supports multiple groups. The thing is, my users want to be able to hide pieces of a document from other groups. So for example, lets say Joe of team A has written this document: "Hello all, our secret plan is finally complete! <private>We will begin our mission of world domination at 12:00 PM tomorrow.</private>"
If Jane of team B views this document, she'll only see the text: "Hello all, our secret plan is finally complete!" Only other people in team A will be able to see the original message. So each document essentially has two versions of contents: one without private information, and one with private information. My users were very specific about this feature and want it no matter what. But this poses a problem for searching. Is it possible to tell Ferret the following? - Search all documents with the given search terms, but: * Search in the field content_without_private_information if the document does not belong to team A. * Search in the field content_with_private_information if the document belongs to team A. I've taken a quick look at the tutorial, and I've purchased the Ferret book by O'Reilly. But so far I can't seem to find anything that makes this possible. Is it possible at all? Or are there other possible alternatives? _______________________________________________ Ferret-talk mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk
