Acts_as_ferret and Fuzzy Searching

Ruby Apps Ferret
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Hi there,

I'd like to be able to tune the results of a Fuzzy search in a rails

application. I’ve tried setting the following in my environment.rb file.

Ferret::Search::FuzzyQuery.default_min_similarity = 0.75
Ferret::Search::FuzzyQuery.default_prefix_length = 2

 When I go into the console, I can see those values as the default

but when I run a search like Post.find_by_contents(‘word~’) I always get
the same results, no matter how I set the above variables. I can say
Post.find_by_contents(‘word~0.75’) and Post.find_by_contents(‘word~0.5’)
and get different results.

 Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Steve

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On 9/20/06, Steven H. [email protected] wrote:

but when I run a search like Post.find_by_contents(‘word~’) I always get
the same results, no matter how I set the above variables. I can say
Post.find_by_contents(‘word~0.75’) and Post.find_by_contents(‘word~0.5’)
and get different results.

 Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Steve

Hi Steven,

This was a bug so thanks for letting me know about it. I’ve fixed it
now. You can get the latest version from the subversion repository or
wait for the next gem.

Cheers,
Dave