Nvm, I fixed the sortable links.....it was an issue in my models.
Still trying to fix the ajax search though. Thanks for your help.

-Frank

On Aug 17, 1:51 pm, frankphilips <[email protected]> wrote:
> Also my Ajax search is all messed up :-/
>
> It doesn't sort per key any more...Only when I type the whole
> string ...eg: "Macbook"
>
> On Aug 17, 1:42 pm, "Pat Allan" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > Looks like your sort_direction method isn't returning the right details - 
> > should be ASC or DESC, much like SQL. Can you confirm what the generated 
> > value for the :order option is?
>
> > --
> > Pat
>
> > On 17/08/2012, at 7:38 PM, frankphilips wrote:
>
> > > Did that, but now I'm getting this:
>
> > > index shruffle_core: invalid sorting order 'desc_sort'
>
> > > On Aug 17, 12:29 pm, "Pat Allan" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> Have you re-indexed Sphinxand restarted the daemon since making those 
> > >> changes? If not, one task does it all: rake ts:rebuild
>
> > >> Cheers
>
> > >> --
> > >> Pat
>
> > >> On 17/08/2012, at 17:34, frankphilips <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >>> Hi Pat,
>
> > >>> I took your advice and incorporated your exact code.  I've also read up 
> > >>> on attributes and fields and have fixed accordingly. However, now I'm 
> > >>> getting this error:
>
> > >>> "index shruffle_core: sort-by attribute 'created_at' not found"
>
> > >>> I do have has created_at in my model.What am I doing wrong now? Thanks 
> > >>> for the help!
>
> > >>> -Frank
>
> > >>> On Thursday, August 16, 2012 7:03:56 PM UTC-5, Pat Allan wrote:
> > >>> Hi Frank
> > >>> The .order method on models is for SQL queries, not Sphinx searches, so 
> > >>> you can't mix the two together. If you want to use sort_column and 
> > >>> sort_direction, then pass the string you're building with the :order 
> > >>> option (which it seems you're currently doing with :created_at):
>
> > >>>   Shruffle.search params[:search], :order => "#{sort_column} 
> > >>> #{sort_direction}"
>
> > >>> Also, I'd recommend reading up on the differences between attributes 
> > >>> and fields - you probably don't want/need price, org_percent or 
> > >>> created_at to be fields. Attributes are inherently sortable (indeed, 
> > >>> when fields are marked as sortable, Thinking Sphinx is just creating an 
> > >>> attribute in the background to fulfil that purpose).
> > >>>http://freelancing-god.github.com/ts/en/sphinx_basics.html
>
> > >>> Hope this helps.
>
> > >>> --
> > >>> Pat
>
> > >>> On 16/08/2012, at 3:22 PM, frankphilips wrote:
>
> > >>>> Hi,
>
> > >>>> I'm a noob to Rails, and I need some help. In Railscast 240, Ryan 
> > >>>> talks about creating sortable table columns with ajax 
> > >>>> search:http://railscasts.com/episodes/240-search-sort-paginate-with-ajax
>
> > >>>> However when I try to combine Thinking Sphinx rather then using the 
> > >>>> standard search Ryan mentions, it breaks my sortable table columns. 
> > >>>> I'm sure there is a quick way to fix this. Please help! Thanks :)
>
> > >>>> Here's my code:
>
> > >>>> MODEL:
>
> > >>>> define_index do
>
> > >>>>           indexes :title, sortable: true
> > >>>>           indexes :desc, sortable: true
> > >>>>           indexes email
> > >>>>           indexes :org, sortable: true
> > >>>>           indexes org_percent
> > >>>>           indexes :price, sortable:true
> > >>>>           indexes :city, sortable: true
> > >>>>           indexes :created_at, sortable: true
>
> > >>>>           has created_at, updated_at
>
> > >>>>         end
>
> > >>>> CONTROLLER:
>
> > >>>> helper_method :sort_column, :sort_direction
> > >>>>  def index
> > >>>>    @shruffles = Shruffle.order(sort_column + ' ' + 
> > >>>> sort_direction).search(params[:search], :order => :created_at,
> > >>>>  :sort_mode => :desc)
>
> > >>>> APPLICATION HELPER:
>
> > >>>> def sortable(column, title = nil)
> > >>>>    title ||= column.titleize
> > >>>>    css_class = (column == sort_column) ? "current #{sort_direction}" : 
> > >>>> nil
> > >>>>    direction = (column == sort_column && sort_direction == "asc") ? 
> > >>>> "desc" : "asc"
> > >>>>    link_to title, {:sort => column, :direction => direction}, {:class 
> > >>>> => css_class}
> > >>>>          end
>
> > >>>> VIEW:
>
> > >>>> <%= hidden_field_tag :direction, params[:direction] %>
> > >>>> <%= hidden_field_tag :sort, params[:sort] %>
>
> > >>>> <table class="pretty">
> > >>>>           <tr align="left">
>
> > >>>>             <th><%= sortable "title" %></th>
> > >>>>             <th><%= sortable "price" %></th>
> > >>>>             <th><%= sortable "city"  %></th>
> > >>>>             <th><%= sortable "org", 'Non-Profit' %></th>
> > >>>>             <th><%= image_tag "ico-heart.png" %> <%= sortable 
> > >>>> "org_percent", 'Donation %' %></th>
> > >>>>             <th><%= sortable "created_at", 'Date' %></th>
> > >>>>           </tr>
>
> > >>>>             <% for shruffle in @shruffles %>
>
> > >>>>                   <tr>
> > >>>>                     <td><%= link_to shruffle.title, shruffle %></td>
> > >>>>                     <td class="price"><%= 
> > >>>> number_to_currency(shruffle.price) %></td>
> > >>>>                     <td><%= shruffle.city %></td>
> > >>>>                     <td><%= shruffle.org %></td>
> > >>>>                     <td><%= shruffle.org_percent %>%</td>
> > >>>>                     <td><%= shruffle.created_at.strftime("%b %d, %Y") 
> > >>>> %></td>
> > >>>>                   </tr>
> > >>>>           <% end %>
> > >>>> </table>
>
> > >>>> -Frank
>
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