# aaF: How can I retrive a list of terms for a document's field?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aaf-how-can-i-retrive-a-list-of-terms-for-a-documents-field/170225>\
**Category:** Ferret\
**Created:** [June 14, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aaf-how-can-i-retrive-a-list-of-terms-for-a-documents-field/170225 "2009-06-14T12:41:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christian\_Aust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@Christian\_Aust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Christian_Aust)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aaf-how-can-i-retrive-a-list-of-terms-for-a-documents-field/170225/1 "2009-06-14T12:41:52Z")

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Hi all,

my Rails 2.3.2 model uses acts\_as\_ferret. I need to break down the  
contents of a field into a list of words, which is almost the same  
Ferret did when indexing the field. Can I somehow access the  
TermVectors for this particular document to use the same list of words  
that Ferret used for indexing?

Kind regards,

Christian

p.s.: Sorry for two separate messages, that’s to have two individual  
subject lines.