Full text search on Heroku -- for FREE!

Full-Text Searchon Heroku . . .FOR FREE!(by working around bogons in pg_search)by Dave Aronson, T. Rex of Codosaurus, LLC

Whats the Problem?:-) Heroku gives lots of stuff for free.:-( But not its full-text search add-ons.:-) But we still have the database.:-( But using LIKE for that, sucks.:-) But PostgreSQL has full text search.:-( But that feature is a royal pain to use.:-) But the pg_search gem makes it easy.:-( But its scopes have problems.:-) But Ive figured out workarounds.

Example: Job Modelclass JobsController < ApplicationController def index # also serves as a search screen @jobs = Job.in_category(params[:category]). desc_has(params[:desc]). in_state(params[:state]). title_has(params[:title]) # quick and dirty example, # ignoring order and pagination endend

Making pg_search_scopesclass Job < ActiveRecord::Base include PgSearch attr_accessible :category, :desc, :state, :title scope :in_category, lambda { |cat| where(category: cat) if cat.present? } pg_search_scope :desc_has, against: :desc scope :in_state, lambda { |st| where(state: st) if st.present? } pg_search_scope :title_has, against: :titleend

Bogon #1: Not Optional- Fails SILENTLY (as far as user knows) -- no results; only clue is in logs/screen:Started GET "/jobs" [...]Processing by JobsController#index as HTMLNOTICE: text-search query doesnt contain lexemes: ""LINE 1: ...glish, coalesce("jobs"."desc"::text, ))) @@()))- "query doesnt contain lexemes" means: "I need something to search for".

Fix: Wrap it up, Ill take itclass Job < ActiveRecord::Base include PgSearch attr_accessible :category, :desc, :state, :title scope :in_category, lambda { |cat| where(category: cat) if cat.present? } scope :desc_has, lambda { |desc| _desc_has(desc) if desc.present? } scope :in_state, lambda { |st| where(state: st) if st.present? } scope :title_has, lambda { |ttl| _title_has(ttl) if ttl.present? }private pg_search_scope :_desc_has, against: :desc pg_search_scope :_title_has, against: :titleend

Bogon #2: ONE per Query!ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid in Jobs#indexShowing /Users/dave/jobboard/app/views/jobs/index.html.erb where line #49 raised:PG::Error: ERROR: ORDER BY "pg_search_rank" is ambiguousLINE 1: ...nglish, || senator || )))) ORDER BY pg_search_... ^- I didnt ask for pg_search_rank!- Look at the generated SQL: SELECT "jobs".*, ([gobbledygook]) AS pg_search_rank, "jobs".*, ([similar gobbledygook]) AS pg_search_rank FROM "jobs" WHERE ([more gobbledygook]) ORDER BY pg_search_rank DESC, "jobs"."id" ASC- It doesnt know which one we want!

Wrong Fix: add .orderclass JobsController < ApplicationController def index # also serves as a search screen @jobs = Job.in_category(params[:category]). desc_has(params[:desc]). in_state(params[:state]). title_has(params[:title]). order(:id) endend- Generated SQL now ends in: ORDER BY pg_search_rank DESC, "jobs"."id" ASC, id- Didnt clear; just tacked it on!

Right Fix: add .reorderclass JobsController < ApplicationController def index # also serves as a search screen @jobs = Job.in_category(params[:category]). desc_has(params[:desc]). in_state(params[:state]). title_has(params[:title]). reorder(:id) endend- Generated SQL now ends in: ORDER BY id- No longer barfs; query now works right.

SummaryTo do full-text search for free on Heroku,you can use pg_search, BUT...To make its scopes optional, wrap them innormal scopes with no-argument detectionTo use two or more in one query, tack.reorder onto the query, using anon-ambiguous column or value

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Full text search on Heroku -- for FREE!

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