Erik, You're a genius. That did the trick for getting "something" back. I'll be at the code4lib conference (and pre-conference) in Atlanta and I'll be looking forward to talking with you.
Another question... The controller: @query= Movie.find_by_solr(params[:squery]) Then in the view: <label><%= @query %></label> Produces 2 hits (as per count_by_solr) that look like this : "##" Why does it return a "#" and how do you return the result attributes (like title or synopsis etc.) in the array? Do you have to run a find on the database at that point? Thanks, Mike -----Original Message----- From: Erik Hatcher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 4:06 PM To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: Newbie Question acts_as_solr Mike, Yes, Solr needs to be running within a Java web application server to operate. Like a database server, for example. Try Movie.find_by_solr, not lowercase "movie". find_by_solr is a class-level method, not an instance method. Erik On Dec 18, 2006, at 4:01 PM, Mike Beccaria wrote: > Hi all, > > Forgive me for the newbie questions (the questions rolling in here > seem to > be way over my current level of competence). I'm learning ruby on > rails to > implement a searchable catalog of items and want to use the > acts_as_solr > plugin to eventually create a faceted search design. > > I feel awkward even asking this as it may seem so basic that I may be > missing something obvious, but no online tutorials seem to walk > through the > process from start to finish. > > I watched the movie on http://acts-as-solr.rubyforge.org/ and I can > get the > application to work from the console (switching the schema.xml file, > starting the java server thingy and all that) but I am having trouble > implementing it in a rails web application. How does the Java server > interact with rails? To use acts_as_solr in a web based application > (search > box->results list) should I start the java server like in the > tutorial? > > Anyway, I'm trying to make the simplest search box and results list > possible. I'm getting and "undefined method `find_by_solr' for > #<Movie:0x367a6f8>" error with the files below. I know it's got to be > something dumb and obvious. Can someone point me in the right > direction? It > would be much appreciated. > > Thanks, > Mike Beccaria > Systems Librarian > Paul Smith's College > > > Here is my rails outline: > Search_controller.rb: > class SearchController < ApplicationController > def index > end > def searchdb > movie=Movie.new > @query= movie.find_by_solr(params[:squery]) > end > end > > /models/movie.rb: > class Movie < ActiveRecord::Base > acts_as_solr > end > > /views/search/index.rhtml: > <html> > <head> > <title> Test!!!</title> > </head> > <body> > <%= start_form_tag :controller=>'search', :action=>'searchdb' %> > <p>Enter Search Term: > <%= text_field_tag :squery%> > </p> > <p> > <%= submit_tag( "Search") %> > </p> > <%= end_form_tag %> > </body> > </html> > > /views/search/searchdb.rhtml: > <html> > <head> > <title> Hello!!!test</title> > </head> > <body> > <label><%= @query %></label> > </body> > </html> > > The information contained in this electronic message and any > attachments > to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee > (s) and > may contain confidential or privileged Information. If you are not > the > intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately or reply > via e-mail > and destroy all copies of the message and any attachments. Thank you. > <<<<GWAVAsig>>>>
