Hi :) Yes it's a pity that there's no RailsConf EU this year. Hopefully again next year. If the need arises I'll check out SQL Relay in connection with rails again and then I'll post it here.
- Johannes On May 26, 8:27 pm, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey :) > > Yup, I remembered who you are - and it's shame there's not a RailsConf > EU this year. > > If Rails thinks the database is MySQL, then Thinking Sphinx should as > well, so maybe that is a valid option. Would be pretty cool if that > works out. Let us know > > -- > Pat > > On 26/05/2009, at 3:03 AM, Johannes Fahrenkrug wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Pat, > > > Thank you for your replies. I've continued my investigation and found > > that SQL Relay might be an option as well: they build a mysql > > compatibility layer, so you can talk to DB2 using the MySQL dialect > > and binary protocol. It's a pretty cool project, but I expect lots of > > wailing and gnashing of teeth to actually get all that working. So I'm > > checking out Xapian at the moment, which seems to be a little-known > > but valid alternative. > > > Btw, we sat at the same table during the community code drive at > > RailsConf Europe last year. > > > - Johannes > > > On May 25, 7:18 pm, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Again, unfortunately this is something Thinking Sphinx doesn't > >> support. I'd love to add XML sources eventually, but it's not been a > >> popular request thus far (indeed, you may be the first to request it, > >> although others want CouchDB support, and that'd need to be piped in > >> via XML as well). > > >> If you really need XML support, you might have to roll your own > >> solution using Riddle. > > >> -- > >> Pat > > >> On 25/05/2009, at 8:14 AM, Johannes Fahrenkrug wrote: > > >>> Hi, > > >>> I have another question: Sphinx can only pull data directly from > >>> either MySql or Postgres. It can, however, also call a script that > >>> supplies the indexer with XML. Is it possible to supply the Sphinx > >>> indexer with XML and still use Thinking Sphinx in my Rails app? > >>> Read: > >>> can I just use Thinking Sphinx to actually perform the search and > >>> use > >>> my custom xml-generating script to feed Sphinx's index? > > >>> - Johannes > > >>> -- > >>>http://springenwerk.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thinking Sphinx" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thinking-sphinx?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
