Sorry for the slow response on this... I'm not quite sure what you're asking, though.
If you've got a boolean column, but want a string as a field, then perhaps something like this will do the trick? indexes "IF(from_ab = 1, 'ab', '')", :as => :from_ab_string -- Pat On 15/07/2010, at 11:24 AM, gmoniey wrote: > I have a boolean field on one of my models, and I was wondering if its > possible to expose this field as an alias. > > I want users to be able to use a word to filter by this boolean field > as part of their search (Rather than using a checkbox). For example, > if the boolean field was named from_ab, I was hoping I could alias > this field to: ab so the user could search like: Adam abc > > Of course, I could just add some logic in my controller to check the > search term for this field, and add a with clause. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
