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= acts_as_ferret
This ActiveRecord mixin adds full text search capabilities to any Rails model.
It is heavily based on the original acts_as_ferret plugin done by
Kasper Weibel and a modified version done by Thomas Lockney, which
both can be found on http://ferret.davebalmain.com/trac/wiki/FerretOnRails
== Installation
=== Installation inside your Rails project via script/plugin
script/plugin install svn://projects.jkraemer.net/acts_as_ferret/trunk/plugin/acts_as_ferret
Aaf is is also available via git from Rubyforge:
git clone git://rubyforge.org/actsasferret.git
=== System-wide installation with Rubygems
sudo gem install acts_as_ferret
To use acts_as_ferret in your project, add the following line to your
project's config/environment.rb:
require 'acts_as_ferret'
Call the aaf_install script inside your project directory to install the sample
config file and the drb server start/stop script.
== Usage
include the following in your model class (specifiying the fields you want to get indexed):
acts_as_ferret :fields => [ :title, :description ]
now you can use ModelClass.find_by_contents(query) to find instances of your model
whose indexed fields match a given query. All query terms are required by default,
but explicit OR queries are possible. This differs from the ferret default, but
imho is the more often needed/expected behaviour (more query terms result in
less results).
Please see ActsAsFerret::ActMethods#acts_as_ferret for more information.
== License
Released under the MIT license.
== Authors
* Kasper Weibel Nielsen-Refs (original author)
* Jens Kraemer (current maintainer)