I asked the Heroku guys about Postgres full text search at RailsConf and the answer was that you could use it, but it wouldn't be scalable and it's not something they are going to promote in the future. For a project that may grow you're better off with another option, but if the site is a reasonable size then you're probably fine with Texticle.
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Jeff Casimir <[email protected]> wrote: > John, > > Thanks for the pointer. Texticle seems like a perfect fit -- setup > was easy and it works well. I am going to start implementing it > within my current project and will try to extract out an extension if > it makes sense. > > - Jeff > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 2:13 PM, john muhl <[email protected]> wrote: >> http://tenderlovemaking.com/2009/10/17/full-text-search-on-heroku/ might >> help. >> >> i've been meaning to use that technique to whip up an extension but >> haven't got around to it yet. >> >> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Jeff Casimir <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Is anyone using 0.9 with Heroku and making use of a search extension? >>> Unless I'm missing something, Heroku pushes you toward Websolr. The >>> Solr extensions for Radiant if found looked out of date. >>> >>> Anyone solved this problem, or should I start digging/updating the >>> older extension(s)? >>> >>> - Jeff >>> >>> --- >>> Jeff Casimir >>> Jumpstart Lab by Casimir Creative, LLC >>> http://jumpstartlab.com >>> @jumpstartlab on twitter >>> >> > -- Jim Gay Saturn Flyer LLC http://www.saturnflyer.com 571-403-0338
