Acts_as_ferret is a project mainly written in Ruby, based on the MIT license.
acts_as_ferret
= 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
=== 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'
== 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