Guys, want to say thank you because this discussion made me aware that facets are actually available in ts!
I'll definitely use that. thanks again, Thibaut Barrère -- [blog] http://evolvingworker.com - tools for a better day [blog] http://blog.logeek.fr - about writing software On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Matt Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > Pat, > > I used :string, :integer, and :datetime. > > -Matt > > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Pat Allan <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Each facet is an additional attribute in the underlying setup - so >> that'd mean indexing is a bit slower, but not noticeably. I think >> complex SQL queries is far worse at slowing down indexing, via lots of >> association joins. >> >> Also: what was the attribute type for your facet? I need to figure out >> why you've both had that issue but my tests are fine... >> >> Cheers >> >> -- >> Pat >> >> On 25/01/2009, at 3:46 AM, Matt Murphy wrote: >> >> > Also I just realized that I'm wondering about any indexing overhead >> > imposed by adding facets... thoughts? >> > >> > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Matt Murphy <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > Tom & Pat: >> > >> > Tom's suggestion worked! >> > >> > Thanks much guys, >> > >> > -Matt >> > >> > >> > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Tom Hunter <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > Matt, >> > >> > I am using it successfully with sphinx 0.9.9. I had the same error >> > at first. Explicitly declaring the type on the field fixed it. For >> > example: >> > >> > has 'category_id, :facet => true >> > >> > would cause the same error, but changing it to: >> > >> > has 'category_id, :facet => true, :type => :integer >> > >> > would fix it. >> > >> > This is using MySQL. >> > >> > - Tom >> > >> > >> > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Pat Allan <p...@freelancing- >> > gods.com> wrote: >> > >> > Hi Matt >> > >> > What's your define_index block looking like? I'll double-check the >> > tests against 0.9.9. >> > >> > -- >> > Pat >> > >> > On 24/01/2009, at 2:47 PM, Matt Murphy wrote: >> > >> > > Pat, >> > > >> > > Do you know if facets work in the sphinx-0.9.9 branch? I'm getting >> > > an exception when I call Model.facets. I've just added :facet => >> > > true to a few of the columns in the index definition. Are there any >> > > column types that can't be treated as a facet? >> > > >> > > Error below: >> > > >> > > >> Model.facets >> > > NoMethodError: You have a nil object when you didn't expect it! >> > > The error occurred while evaluating nil.columns >> > > from /path/to/project/vendor/plugins/thinking-sphinx/lib/ >> > > thinking_sphinx/attribute.rb:230:in `type_from_database' >> > > from /path/to/project/vendor/plugins/thinking-sphinx/lib/ >> > > thinking_sphinx/attribute.rb:236:in `translated_type_from_database' >> > > from /path/to/project/vendor/plugins/thinking-sphinx/lib/ >> > > thinking_sphinx/attribute.rb:148:in `type' >> > > from /path/to/project/vendor/plugins/thinking-sphinx/lib/ >> > > thinking_sphinx/facet.rb:29:in `value' >> > > from /path/to/project/vendor/plugins/thinking-sphinx/lib/ >> > > thinking_sphinx/facet_collection.rb:17:in `add_from_results' >> > > from /path/to/project/vendor/plugins/thinking-sphinx/lib/ >> > > thinking_sphinx/collection.rb:118:in `each_with_groupby_and_count' >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Pat Allan <p...@freelancing- >> > > gods.com> wrote: >> > > >> > > Hi Tom >> > > >> > > You need to define the facets in your define_index block - either by >> > > using existing fields or attributes: >> > > indexes location, :facet => true >> > > has age, :facet => true >> > > Or by adding an explicit column for the facet: >> > > facet location >> > > >> > > Keep in mind facets need to have unique names across facets, >> > > attributes and fields - so you couldn't put all three of the above >> > > lines together, you'd need to give the last one an alias via the :as >> > > option. >> > > >> > > Once that's set up and you've stopped Sphinx, re-indexed and >> > > restarted, then you can use it on the model as follows: >> > > Model.facets >> > > Which returns a collection accessible as a hash, with keys for each >> > > facet and results as the values. You can also drill down into a full >> > > result set: >> > > Model.facets.for(:location => "Melbourne") >> > > >> > > There's also a little bit more detail in this gist: >> > > http://gist.github.com/48328 >> > > >> > > Multi-model faceting is not supported *yet*, but it's in the >> > pipeline. >> > > >> > > Cheers >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Pat >> > > >> > > On 22/01/2009, at 4:27 AM, Tom Hunter wrote: >> > > >> > > > >> > > > Could someone give me a brief explanation of how to use the >> > facets? >> > > > I'm not sure quite what to put as arguments when calling the >> > facets >> > > > method and if anything needs go to in the define_index block? >> > > Thanks >> > > > in advance! >> > > > >> > > > - Tom Hunter >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thinking Sphinx" group. 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