> What do you mean by "loads all mentioned associations"? Do you mean it > instantiates ruby objects for them all? > I mean that whatevah is in define_index block gets executed. If you are referencing some child objects in there, all children get loaded in this block. Even in the case you dont need to load all child objects...
> That's what sphinx does directly. I think Thinking Sphinx might > instantiate the object and do some checks before deciding if rebuilding > the delta index is necessary. > If it does that, it could use AR methods to check if some fields changed, and only index those fields. If you have big objects with lots of child object, and you want to only update a flag on one main objects, all child objects will get loaded in the process and there will be several unneccesary hits to the db. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
