I'm trying out this stemmer gem for pre-stemming the word before
passing it to Sphinx. http://github.com/aurelian/ruby-stemmer
My strategy is to do Product.search("*#{original_word}* | *#
{stemmed_word}*", :match_mode => :extended). Sound sane?
Thanks again for your help!
!jon
On Dec 14, 9:04 pm, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Unfortunately, I don't think there's any way to do this in Sphinx (though if
> you'd like to double-check, I'd recommend posting to the Sphinx
> forum).http://sphinxsearch.com/forum/
>
> An alternative could be to parse the query string into separate words, and
> use ActiveSupport's singularize method. Of course, this isn't super-reliable,
> but might be worth a shot.
>
> --
> Pat
>
> On 15/12/2009, at 12:15 PM, Jon Crawford wrote:
>
>
>
> > Oh, wow. Yeah I had it backwards. My desired behavior would be for
> > Product.search("dogs") to return a match for "dog". My users aren't
> > too bright sometimes and they add an S to the end of a word and it
> > rules out search results.
>
> > Example: Product.search("*shirts*) would rule out any product just
> > tagged with "shirt".
>
> > Any suggestions for how to alter the actual search term to achieve
> > this?
>
> > !jon
>
> > On Dec 14, 4:55 pm, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Hi Jon
>
> >> Just to clarify -morphologyworks the opposite way around. You index dogs,
> >> and search for dog, and it will get returned. If you index dog, and search
> >> for dogs, you won't get the document returned. Was this your understanding
> >> too?
>
> >> Also, I've just tested in my app, searching for '*dog*' matches SkyDog,
> >> but '*dogs*' does not.
>
> >> I'm using the 0.9.9 release - not sure if it's worth upgrading (though
> >> I've not heard ofmorphologybeing buggy before)... I can't spot anything
> >> out of place in your index definition.
>
> >> --
> >> Pat
>
> >> On 15/12/2009, at 5:26 AM, Jon Crawford wrote:
>
> >>> Thanks for the help, Pat.
>
> >>> I've got Sphinx 0.9.8.1-release (r1533). Still seeing this behavior
> >>> after a couple days in production and many reconfig/rebuilds.
>
> >>> Ismorphologynot compatible with searching with star? Product.search
> >>> ("*dogs*") should match "SkyDog" in a perfect world but does not.
>
> >>> Here's my define_index block:
>
> >>> define_index do
> >>> indexes :name, :sortable => true
> >>> indexes description
> >>> indexes tags.name, :as => :tag_names
>
> >>> has created_at, store_id, deleted_at, cents, category_id
> >>> has :active, :type => :boolean
> >>> has store.active, :as => :store_active, :type => :boolean
> >>> has store.admin_disabled, :as => :store_admin_disabled, :type
> >>> => :boolean
> >>> has taggings.tag_id, :as => :tag_ids
>
> >>> where "products.deleted_at IS NULL"
> >>> end
>
> >>> On Dec 12, 1:59 am, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>> Hi Jon
>
> >>>> I've just created some test data in a local app, and it seems to be
> >>>> working fine for me (indeed, with the examples you've offered - an
> >>>> object with running returns in a search for run, ditto for dogs/dog).
> >>>> I've got the same settings in my sphinx.yml file...
>
> >>>> So, maybe it's something to do with the index setup? Can you provide a
> >>>> bit more detail on what your define_index block looks like, and what
> >>>> Sphinx version you're using?
>
> >>>> Cheers
>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Pat
>
> >>>> On 12/12/2009, at 1:13 AM, Jon Crawford wrote:
>
> >>>>> And for a point of clarification, I checked the generated conf file
> >>>>> and themorphologyis specified there.
>
> >>>>> index product_core
> >>>>> {
> >>>>> source = product_core_0
> >>>>> path = /path/to/index/product_core
> >>>>> morphology= stem_en
> >>>>> charset_type = utf-8
> >>>>> min_infix_len = 3
> >>>>> enable_star = 1
> >>>>> html_strip = 1
> >>>>> }
>
> >>>>> On Dec 11, 12:42 am, Jon Crawford <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>>> Using this configuration, I've tried it in development and staging.
> >>>>>> But it's not changing the query according to the query log.
>
> >>>>>> development:
> >>>>>> morphology: stem_en
> >>>>>> enable_star: true
> >>>>>> min_infix_len: 3
> >>>>>> html_strip: true
>
> >>>>>> Product.search("dogs") should query for "dog", right?
> >>>>>> Product.search("running") should query for "run", right?
>
> >>>>>> I've configured, indexed, restarted multiple times. Any suggestions?
>
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