Use the 1.4.x releases of the gem, not 2.x (that's for Rails 3+). Also, installing as a gem rather than the plugin is the recommended approach.
-- Pat On 21/09/2011, at 12:03 PM, internetchris wrote: > hmm, it didn't help. I will uninstall the plugin and try the gem. Is > there an issue using the latest gem with rails 2.3.5? > > On Sep 20, 6:43 pm, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote: >> It's like the indexes method just isn't being called. What happens if you >> change it to: >> self.indexes :subject >> >> The source will be defined on the fly - so, once a field or attribute is >> added. >> >> -- >> Pat >> >> On 21/09/2011, at 9:16 AM, internetchris wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Ok, a little more research. I placed a "puts" in the ThinkingSphinx >>> \builder.rb no_fields? method... >> >>> def no_fields? >>> puts @index.inspect >>> @index.sources.empty? || @index.sources.any? { |source| >>> source.fields.length == 0 >>> } >>> end >> >>> This is where the error is coming from, so here's the output of my >>> puts statement... >> >>> #<ThinkingSphinx::Index:0x10571d850 @name="chat", @delta_object=nil, >>> @options={}, @sources=[], @model=Chat(id: integer, subject: string, >>> social_profile_id: integer, created_at: datetime, updated_at: >>> datetime, category: string, profile_key: string)> >> >>> You can see the @model(subject:string) field exists, but the @sources >>> is empty. What is the @sources for and what can I do differently to >>> populate this info? >> >>> Thanks! >> >>> Chris >> >>> On Sep 20, 5:07 pm, internetchris <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Just an FYI... >> >>>> I created a config/sphinx.yml file and put the following in it.. >> >>>> development: >>>> indexed_models: >>>> - Chat >> >>>> This didn't seem to help. I'm sure it's something simple, but I can't >>>> seem to put my finger on it. According to another post I read it >>>> mentioned a similar error when placing the "define_index" prior to the >>>> has_many/belongs_to statements. In my case, I have it listed after the >>>> relationships are defined so that shouldn't be a problem. >> >>>> Chris >> >>>> On Sep 20, 4:59 pm, internetchris <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>> Hi Pat, >> >>>>> I tried that with the same result. I did a search on "define_index" in >>>>> my app with the thought maybe it was used by a plugin or something but >>>>> the only thing I found was my model definition and the TS stuff in the >>>>> plugins directory. I noticed some posts on a "config/sphinx.yml" >>>>> file....which I don't have. If I wanted to define my model in this >>>>> file, what would the appropriate syntax be. I saw a post by someone >>>>> that did this with their staging environment and it fixed the >>>>> problem. >> >>>>> Thanks! >> >>>>> Chris >> >>>>> On Sep 20, 4:41 pm, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>>> Hi Chris >> >>>>>> This shouldn't be any different, but can you try subject as a symbol >>>>>> instead: >> >>>>>> define_index do >>>>>> indexes :subject >>>>>> end >> >>>>>> Just in case some other library's inserting a subject method into the >>>>>> global scope. >> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Pat >> >>>>>> On 21/09/2011, at 4:42 AM, internetchris wrote: >> >>>>>>> Hi Group, >> >>>>>>> I'm trying to implement TS in my Rails 2.3.5 app. I watched the >>>>>>> screencast and hoped it would be pretty straight forward. I have a >>>>>>> "Chat" model and in the model I defined a single index.. >> >>>>>>> define_index do >>>>>>> indexes subject >>>>>>> end >> >>>>>>> when I run rake ts:index I get the following error. >> >>>>>>> Generating Configuration to /Users/Chris/rails/myapp/config/ >>>>>>> development.sphinx.conf >>>>>>> rake aborted! >>>>>>> At least one field is necessary for an index >> >>>>>>> I even tried passing the rails environment to the rake task but >>>>>>> without luck. This field indeed exists in my DB. For the heck of it I >>>>>>> also tried it on another model using the "first_name" field of my User >>>>>>> model and go the same error. >> >>>>>>> Environment: >> >>>>>>> Rails 2.3.5 >>>>>>> Thinking Sphinx v1.4.7 >>>>>>> Mysql db >> >>>>>>> Any suggestions would be happily appreciated. >> >>>>>>> Thanks! >> >>>>>>> Chris >> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>> athttp://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 >>> athttp://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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thinking Sphinx" group. 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