One way to get what I want:

define_index do
  indexes title
   ...
  indexes "IF(ISNULL(owner_id),'nobody',concat_ws(' ',
users.first_name, users.last_name))", :as => :owner_or_nil
end

But this seems very nasty, is there a more elegant approach?


On Sep 8, 12:18 pm, Greg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is it possible to search for all fields that have a null value?
>
> eg:
>
> define_index do
>     indexes title
>     ...
>     indexes [owner(:first_name), owner(:last_name)], :as
> => :owner_name
>
>     set_property :delta => true
>   end
>
> I can search like "@owner_name John Doe" and get all items owned by
> John Doe, but I also need to have a search that returns all unowned
> items, eg "@owner_name nil" is this possible?
>
> Thanks.
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