I've just pushed a patch to the develop branch to add aliases for both group 
and count: sphinx_internal_group and sphinx_internal_count. Such a smart and 
obvious idea - thanks for the suggestion :)

That doesn't explain the nil records you're seeing, though... just to confirm, 
what's the search query you're making to get those search results?

On 4 Mar 2014, at 4:39 am, J. Garcia <[email protected]> wrote:

> That worked fine, almost. What about using internally __count or similar as 
> alias?
> 
> I explain the "almost":
> At present I only have 4 ListItem indexed, and when grouped there should only 
> be two of them.
> But if I use 
> 
>    groups = []
>    search.each_with_group_and_count do |i,g,c|
>       groups << [g,c]
>    end
> 
>    I get:
> 
> [[1, 6], [2, 4], [nil, nil], [nil, nil]]
> 
> And I can see the query launched against mysql to recover 2 ListItems:
>  ListItem Load (0.5ms)  SELECT `list_items`.* FROM `list_items` WHERE 
> `list_items`.`id` IN (17, 1)
> 
> The more verbose alternative implementation works fine:
>     search = ListItem.search with: {artifact_id: 47}, group_by: 'user_id', 
> select: '*, count(*) as total', order: 'total DESC'
>     search.context[:panes] << ThinkingSphinx::Panes::AttributesPane
>     res = []
>     search.each do |item|
>       res << [item.sphinx_attributes['user_id'], 
> item.sphinx_attributes['total']]
>     end
>     res
> 
> [[1, 6], [2, 4]]
> 
> El lunes, 3 de marzo de 2014 14:15:37 UTC+1, Pat Allan escribió:
> The following should work around this issue:
> 
>   ListItem.search :with => {:artifact_id => 85}, :group_by => 'user_id', 
> :select => '*, count(*) as total', :order => 'total DESC'
> 
> It's annoying, but I'm currently loath to alias count(*) by default when 
> grouping by attributes, as the alias may end up being the name of an existing 
> attribute.
> 
> On 3 Mar 2014, at 5:34 am, J. Garcia <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hey Pat,
>> I was playing a bit with group_by and order and I haven't been able to make 
>> it work smoothly, so that group_by results are ordered by count(*):
>> 
>> search = ListItem.search  :with => {:artifact_id => 85}, group_by: 
>> "user_id", :order => "count(*) desc"
>> 
>> ThinkingSphinx::SphinxError: index list_item_core: sort-by attribute 
>> 'count(' not found
>>     from 
>> .../gems/thinking-sphinx-3.1.0/lib/thinking_sphinx/connection.rb:90:in 
>> `rescue in query'
>>     from 
>> .../gems/thinking-sphinx-3.1.0/lib/thinking_sphinx/connection.rb:93:in 
>> `query'
>> 
>> The raw SQL query that  is submitted to Sphinx is:
>> 
>> "SELECT *, groupby(), count(*) FROM `list_item_core` WHERE `artifact_id` = 
>> 85 AND `sphinx_deleted` = 0 GROUP BY `user_id` ORDER BY count(*) desc LIMIT 
>> 0, 20"
>> 
>> 
>> If I launch this query under the sql console, I get this:
>> ERROR 1064 (42000): index list_item_core: sort-by attribute 'count(' not 
>> found
>> 
>> However, if I modify the raw query to something like this, it works well:
>> SELECT *, groupby(), count(*) as total FROM `list_item_core` WHERE 
>> `artifact_id` = 85 AND `sphinx_deleted` = 0 GROUP BY `user_id` ORDER BY 
>> total desc LIMIT 0, 20;
>> 
>> If I try the option order_group_by, I get the same error.
>> 
>> Am I doing something wrong?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 10:46 AM, J. Garcia <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Just this will do, to keep things simpler and similar to order_by option: 
>> ListItem.search :with => {:artifact_id => 85}, :group_by => "user_id, type"; 
>> ''
>> 
>> Works great!
>> 
>> I'll submit a patch for Riddle.
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 4:32 AM, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Okay, let's try the following:
>> 
>>   search = ListItem.search :with => {:artifact_id => 85}, :group_by => 
>> [:user_id, :type]; ''
>>   search.context[:panes] << ThinkingSphinx::Panes::AttributesPane
>>   search.each do |list_item|
>>     list_item.sphinx_attributes['count(*)'] # count
>>     list_item.sphinx_attributes['user_id']
>>     list_item.sphinx_attributes['type']
>>   end
>> 
>> The ; '' at the end of the first line is only required if you're running 
>> this in the console, as you don't want the search to have inspect called 
>> (that will populate results, and you need to add the AttributesPane *before* 
>> populating).
>> 
>> -- 
>> Pat
>> 
>> On 27 Feb 2014, at 11:32 pm, J. Garcia <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> ThinkingSphinx::Index.define :list_item, :with => :active_record do
>>>   has user_item.artifact_id
>>>   has user_item.artifact.name
>>>   has user_item.user_id
>>>   has list.type
>>>   has state
>>> end
>>> 
>>> For a given artifact_id, I need to count per user_id and type, how many 
>>> list_items are.
>>> 
>>> a = ListItem.search  :with => {:artifact_id => 85}, group_by: [user_id, 
>>> type]
>>> 
>>> a.each_with_group_and_count do |i, g, c|
>>>    # g could be an array for group_by multiple fields, or a single element 
>>> for group_by one field
>>> end
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Pat Allan <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> Can you provide a full example of the index definition and the search call? 
>>> I'm thinking what you're after should be possible, just easier to be 
>>> certain with a bit more context :)
>>> 
>>> On 27 Feb 2014, at 9:15 pm, J. Garcia <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Trouble with each is I just get the rehydrated ActiveRecord objects, and 
>>>> no info on the grouping. With each_with_count, same plus the count. I 
>>>> would need the grouped field values as well, as returned from Sphinx raw 
>>>> query. I'm not sure how to get them or how to patch Riddle in order to 
>>>> obtain them. Any hint would be appreciated.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:05 AM, Pat Allan <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> Yeah, I don't think you're going to be able to use 
>>>> `each_with_group_and_count` when grouping by multiple columns - you'll 
>>>> just have to use `each_with_count` or just `each`, and refer to those 
>>>> columns specifically.
>>>> 
>>>> Appreciate the suggestion for the patch to Riddle - if you want to submit 
>>>> a pull request (on the develop branch) that'd be brilliant, but otherwise 
>>>> I'll sort it out soon.
>>>> 
>>>> On 27 Feb 2014, at 5:36 am, J. Garcia <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Pat,
>>>>> I do not know if it has further implications for older Sphinx versions, 
>>>>> but if I patch the code, I still cannot get the group counts.
>>>>> 
>>>>> When issuing the raw SQL command for two group fields, Sphinx will return 
>>>>> a specific column for each grouped field, plus a groupby() column with 
>>>>> what seems like a CRC. I still cannot get this info via 
>>>>> each_with_group_and_count, as it returns the groupby() column with some 
>>>>> CRC value.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 2:45 PM, J. Garcia <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> I've been debugging the code and found the culprit:
>>>>> 
>>>>> class Riddle::Query::Select
>>>>> ...
>>>>>   def to_sql
>>>>>     sql = "SELECT #{ extended_values } FROM #{ @indices.join(', ') }"
>>>>>     sql << " WHERE #{ combined_wheres }" if wheres?
>>>>>     sql << " #{group_prefix} #{escape_column(@group_by)}" if 
>>>>> !@group_by.nil?
>>>>>     unless @order_within_group_by.nil?
>>>>>       sql << " WITHIN GROUP ORDER BY 
>>>>> #{escape_columns(@order_within_group_by)}"
>>>>>     end
>>>>>     sql << " HAVING #{@having.join(' AND ')}" unless @having.empty?
>>>>>     sql << " ORDER BY #{escape_columns(@order_by)}" if !@order_by.nil?
>>>>>     sql << " #{limit_clause}"   unless @limit.nil? && @offset.nil?
>>>>>     sql << " #{options_clause}" unless @options.empty?
>>>>> 
>>>>>     sql
>>>>>   end
>>>>> 
>>>>> It calls escape_column for @group_by, instead of escape_columns as for 
>>>>> @order_within_group_by.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 1:36 PM, J. Garcia <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Pat,
>>>>> Thanks for your response.
>>>>> Just passing any of the two fields in a string worked fine. When I tried 
>>>>> to pass the two in a comma-separated string I got this stacktrace:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> ThinkingSphinx::SyntaxError: sphinxql: syntax error, unexpected 
>>>>> $undefined, expecting IDENT (or 5 other tokens)  near '`user_id,` type 
>>>>> LIMIT 0, 20; SHOW META'
>>>>>     from 
>>>>> .../gems/thinking-sphinx-3.1.0/lib/thinking_sphinx/connection.rb:90:in 
>>>>> `rescue in query'
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Pat Allan <[email protected]> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Can you try passing in a string of comma-separated attributes, instead of 
>>>>> an array of symbols?
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Pat
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 26 Feb 2014, at 4:47 am, J. Garcia <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> According to Sphinx, it is possible to do a group_by on multiple fields 
>>>>>> since version 2.1.2: http://sphinxsearch.com/bugs/view.php?id=1453
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I haven't found a way to do a search on multiple fields with Thinking 
>>>>>> Sphinx.
>>>>>> Is it possible to group by multiple fields on Thinking Sphinx?
>>>>>> I have tried by including several group_by but does not seem to work.
>>>>>> And passing an array of attributes does not seem to be accepted by 
>>>>>> Thinking Sphinx:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ThinkingSphinx::SyntaxError: sphinxql: syntax error, unexpected 
>>>>>> $undefined, expecting IDENT (or 5 other tokens) near '`[:user_id,` 
>>>>>> :type] LIMIT 0, 20; SHOW META'
>>>>>>     from 
>>>>>> .../gems/thinking-sphinx-3.1.0/lib/thinking_sphinx/connection.rb:90:in 
>>>>>> `rescue in query'
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> J.
>>>>>> 
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