# Ferret **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby-apps/ferret/8.md?page=5 [Latest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.ruby-forum.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.ruby-forum.com/tags.md) **Page:** 6 --- ## [How to index PDF](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-index-pdf/145564)
**Author:** [@slum](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/slum)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-index-pdf/145564 "2008-09-26T13:56:21Z")
Hello, I’m actually trying to index PDF without success. Anyone could explain how does it works ? Thank you. --- ## [Using single character 'a' as a search term](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-single-character-a-as-a-search-term/149282)
**Author:** [@asmodi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/asmodi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2008, 9:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-single-character-a-as-a-search-term/149282 "2008-09-23T09:39:07Z")
Hi all, This is a weird problem that I will try to explain in my own way. I construct my search query by including all possible indexed fields and using the wildcard if the user hasn’t provided data for a field. Eg if … --- ## [Installing Ferret + acts\_as\_ferret on Windows Vista](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret-acts-as-ferret-on-windows-vista/137893)
**Author:** [@egorbrandt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/egorbrandt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret-acts-as-ferret-on-windows-vista/137893 "2008-09-19T10:57:20Z")
Hello to you all, I’m on Vista, with Ruby 1.8.6 and Rails 2.0.2. Trying to have the search engine working in my railsproject has lead to problems first, I did \> gem install ferret Successfully installed ferret-0.9.… --- ## [Tagging with Ferret](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tagging-with-ferret/148924)
**Author:** [@eduard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eduard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tagging-with-ferret/148924 "2008-09-18T12:07:08Z")
Hi. I have a heavy data page with lots of possible searches. I moved all to Ferret indexes and all is working great, but the tags. I am using acts\_as\_taggable to generate tags for the most common terms in the search … --- ## [Find results that some (but not all) of search term words](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-results-that-some-but-not-all-of-search-term-words/148207)
**Author:** [@cmaxvv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cmaxvv)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-results-that-some-but-not-all-of-search-term-words/148207 "2008-09-10T20:11:44Z")
That title’s not great sorry. Anyway - let’s say i’ve indexed 3 records that have these name fields: St Joseph’s Primary St Mark’ Primary St Mary’s Secondary School And my search term is “St Joseph’s Primary School… --- ## [SortField via Drb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sortfield-via-drb/148217)
**Author:** [@johnlester](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnlester)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sortfield-via-drb/148217 "2008-09-10T17:36:51Z")
Hi, we need to use an SortField object so we can specify the column type: sf\_title = SortField.new(:title, :type =\> :string) Except SortField objects don’t appear to be marshalled properly across DRb. Luckily you ca… --- ## [How to restart ferret\_server using Capistrano?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-restart-ferret-server-using-capistrano/125294)
**Author:** [@cvandyck](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cvandyck)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-restart-ferret-server-using-capistrano/125294 "2008-09-09T00:15:36Z")
This is a ferret question. I have the ferret\_server DRb server up and running, but I’m trying to get it so that I can restart the ferret server through Capistrano whenever I restart the Mongrel processes. Not having a… --- ## [Can't connect to drb server on localhost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-connect-to-drb-server-on-localhost/147609)
**Author:** [@byrnejb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/byrnejb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-connect-to-drb-server-on-localhost/147609 "2008-09-03T18:07:53Z")
Hello, I am trying to get acts\_as\_ferret/ferret to run, it runs find on my local machine but when I try and run in on my server I get the following DRb::DRbConnError (druby://localhost:9100 - #\ **Author:** [@kusti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kusti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-will-paginate-plugin/147423 "2008-09-01T18:24:48Z") I’m trying to paginate ferret search results with instructions given in this tutorial: http://www.jumbabox.com/2008/05/acts\_as\_ferret-tutorial/ Everything goes well except sorting. I want to sort the results by create… --- ## [Rép : ignored or forgotten valu es in reindexing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ra-p-ignored-or-forgotten-valu-es-in-reindexing/147018)
**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ra-p-ignored-or-forgotten-valu-es-in-reindexing/147018 "2008-08-29T02:31:53Z")
Hi, Le 27 août 08 à 02:51, Chris S. a écrit : I have seen this problem as well. Same versions of ferret/aaf (0.11.6/0.4.3). Differences are Rails 2.0 and using SQL Server. I use posgresql, didn’t mention it. T… --- ## [Road map of ferret](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/road-map-of-ferret/146298)
**Author:** [@Fernando\_Parisotto](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Fernando_Parisotto)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/road-map-of-ferret/146298 "2008-08-28T22:15:26Z")
Hi all, I’m new on the list, and glad to participate. I would like to make some questions about the ferret project… Is the http://ferret.davebalmain.com/ official page of the project? (I’m always getting 502 Bad Ga… --- ## [Can't install plugin acts\_as\_ferret](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-install-plugin-acts-as-ferret/147088)
**Author:** [@inetmg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/inetmg)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-install-plugin-acts-as-ferret/147088 "2008-08-28T18:20:36Z")
hi, I’ve been tried installing plugin acts\_as\_ferret to the project through from the link. It won’t install and time out. I tried a few ways from google and didn’t help either. script/plugin install svn://projects.j… --- ## [502 Bad Gateway - http://ferret.davebalmain.com/trac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/502-bad-gateway-http-ferret-davebalmain-com-trac/147014)
**Author:** [@tbochan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbochan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/502-bad-gateway-http-ferret-davebalmain-com-trac/147014 "2008-08-27T16:04:56Z")
502 Bad Gateway - http://ferret.davebalmain.com/trac What’s the problem ? Is ferret still viable ? Hi. I’ve seen this question asked before but ain’t seen no answers yet. I’m looking for some help on installing ferre… --- ## [MySQL has gone away](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-has-gone-away/113657)
**Author:** [@turnkeytraders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/turnkeytraders)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-has-gone-away/113657 "2008-08-27T06:00:24Z")
Hi, in a production environment we are running into “MySQL server has gone away” errors (see below) when we call rebuild\_index in aaf. This happens sporadically. Any suggestions for what might be wrong or workarounds… --- ## [Ignored or forgotten values in reindexing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ignored-or-forgotten-values-in-reindexing/146954)
**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ignored-or-forgotten-values-in-reindexing/146954 "2008-08-27T02:52:23Z")
Hi, Using acts\_as\_ferret with rails 2.1, I encounter some strange behaviour in reindexing all records from my model. Some seem to be ignored. The log generated by reindexing misses some values; but no error is printe… --- ## [Installing ferret errors](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret-errors/146932)
**Author:** [@blueshadow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/blueshadow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret-errors/146932 "2008-08-26T22:40:50Z")
After all day trying to install ferret this is the result: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: C:\\Documents and Settings\\Gogolj\>gem install ferret Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: Error ins… --- ## [Searching in fields with hashes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/searching-in-fields-with-hashes/146907)
**Author:** [@gabriel83](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gabriel83)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/searching-in-fields-with-hashes/146907 "2008-08-26T17:43:02Z")
I have a simple way to implement multilingual in a database, that is storing an hash on fields. For example on field title i can have {:en =\> ‘title’, :it =\> ‘titolo’} Is it possible with Ferret to search within hashe… --- ## [Ferret wildcard search](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-wildcard-search/146371)
**Author:** [@joschy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joschy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-wildcard-search/146371 "2008-08-20T12:06:00Z")
Hello community, using ferret 0.11.5 under Win2003 Server i got the following error: Searching: “Zürich” works fine Searching: “Zuerich\*” works fine Searching: “Zürich\*” returns 0 results Every “Umlaut” like “üä… --- ## [Ferret "works", but only returns 1 item for a query :(](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-works-but-only-returns-1-item-for-a-query/145678)
**Author:** [@efilm66](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/efilm66)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-works-but-only-returns-1-item-for-a-query/145678 "2008-08-12T21:18:31Z")
m trying to set up up a basic search bar that will search a table called ads. It as 3 fields, the ID, TITLE and DESCRIPTION. I put “acts\_as\_ferret” in the Ad model. and this code for the search box: \<% form\_tag({:ac… --- ## [Start DRb server under a specific user account](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/start-drb-server-under-a-specific-user-account/145495)
**Author:** [@jwigal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jwigal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/start-drb-server-under-a-specific-user-account/145495 "2008-08-12T15:55:23Z")
Is it possible to setup DRb Server to run under a specific account ala apache or mongrel\_cluster? – Jeff W. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid http://www.boowebb.com/ I’m tired of choosing the lesser of two evils… --- ## [\[ANN\] Rejaw is born](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rejaw-is-born/145185)
**Author:** [@dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dburkes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rejaw-is-born/145185 "2008-08-06T18:56:37Z")
We’ve just launched a new Rails-based chat/microblogging site at http://rejaw.com. I mention it here because we are using ferret/aaf to index all our content, as we did on Lingr. Our index isn’t as big as Lingr’s yet… --- ## [Automated rebuild\_index in ferret](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automated-rebuild-index-in-ferret/140241)
**Author:** [@purab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/purab)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automated-rebuild-index-in-ferret/140241 "2008-08-04T19:41:09Z")
i am using ferret search engine for site search. but after week i need to rebuild index for ferret manually. i am searching for, is there any automated way for creating indexes in ferret. --- ## [Monitor ferret Drb with launchd on OS X](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/monitor-ferret-drb-with-launchd-on-os-x/144669)
**Author:** [@E\_Durante](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/E_Durante)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/monitor-ferret-drb-with-launchd-on-os-x/144669 "2008-08-02T23:37:23Z")
Has anyone tried monitoring the ferret Drb server with launchd (OS X)? Does anyone know if there is any limitation that would prevent ferret from being monitored by launchd? I have tried many different plists and none… --- ## [Ferret with Rdig - Indexing between tags](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-with-rdig-indexing-between-tags/144695)
**Author:** [@slum](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/slum)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2008, 9:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-with-rdig-indexing-between-tags/144695 "2008-08-01T09:38:09Z")
Hi, I’m using Ferret and Rdig, and I’m trying to index HTML between tags without success : I just want to index data like this : \ Here’s my HTML code which I want to index My code is the follo… --- ## [Multiple Ferret Server support? Support for Failover?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-ferret-server-support-support-for-failover/144632)
**Author:** [@chubbard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chubbard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-ferret-server-support-support-for-failover/144632 "2008-07-31T17:22:45Z")
I’m in an environment where we need multiple ferret servers for failover and redundancy. The problem is that ferret\_server.yml configuration file only let’s you specify a single ferret server. Is there any support f… --- ## [Problem installing ferret on ubuntu 8.04](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-ferret-on-ubuntu-8-04/144450)
**Author:** [@slum](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/slum)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-installing-ferret-on-ubuntu-8-04/144450 "2008-07-29T20:05:05Z")
Hi all, I’ve some errors while installing Ferret on ubuntu ; after making sudo gem install ferret and choose the last one (0.11.6 (ruby)) I have this message : ruby extconf.rb install ferret creating Makefile make … --- ## [Grouping with ferret](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/grouping-with-ferret/144302)
**Author:** [@cubiq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cubiq)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/grouping-with-ferret/144302 "2008-07-29T11:41:51Z")
Hi list, I have a problem grouping with ferret. I’m using the filter\_proc from Dave’s book as seen below results = {} group\_by\_proc = lambda do |doc\_id, score, searcher| doc = searcher\[doc\_id\] (results\[doc\[:pk\_file… --- ## [Trac and svn are not responding](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trac-and-svn-are-not-responding/144390)
**Author:** [@jeremyheiler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeremyheiler)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2008, 10:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trac-and-svn-are-not-responding/144390 "2008-07-29T10:24:00Z")
Looks like trac and SVN are down. Trac reports 502 Bad Gateway - http://ferret.davebalmain.com/trac SVN reports ‘Connection refused’ API Docs at http://ferret.davebalmain.com/api/files/README.html are still availab… --- ## [Acts\_as\_ferret server\_manager fails under Capistrano](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-ferret-server-manager-fails-under-capistrano/144298)
**Author:** [@johnlester](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnlester)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-ferret-server-manager-fails-under-capistrano/144298 "2008-07-29T05:16:37Z")
Hi, in lib/server\_manager.rb we have lines 38 and 39: #require(File.join(File.dirname(FILE), ‘…/…/…/…/config/environment’)) require(File.join(File.dirname(ENV\[‘\_’\]), ‘…/config/environment’)) This works fine if I run… --- ## [Problem with ferret & acts\_as\_ferret on Window XP](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ferret-acts-as-ferret-on-window-xp/144189)
**Author:** [@chinch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chinch)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ferret-acts-as-ferret-on-window-xp/144189 "2008-07-26T17:07:06Z")
Platform ：windows xp ferret : gem install ferret -v=0.11.5 --platform mswin32 acts\_as\_ferret ： gem install acts\_as\_ferret (version 0.4.3) ruby version 1.8.6 rails version 2.1 all installations went with no error … [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby-apps/ferret/8.md?page=4) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby-apps/ferret/8.md?page=6)