ActsAsTsearch ============= Acts_as_tsearch is a plugin for Ruby on Rails which makes it simple to implement scalable, full text search for Rails if you're using PostgreSQL as your database. It wraps the built-in full text search engine of PostgreSQL with a familiar 'acts_as' implementation. Home page: http://code.google.com/p/acts-as-tsearch/ Quick Start ----------- * Preparing your PostgreSQL database Add a text search configuration 'default': CREATE TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION public.default ( COPY = pg_catalog.english ) For Postgres 8.2 and older follow http://code.google.com/p/acts-as-tsearch/wiki/PreparingYourPostgreSQLDatabase * Adding the plugin: ruby script/plugin install git://github.com/pka/acts_as_tsearch.git * Add acts_as_tsearch to a model class BlogEntry < ActiveRecord::Base acts_as_tsearch :fields => ["title","description"] end * Do a search blog_entries = BlogEntry.find_by_tsearch("bob") puts blog_entries.tsearch_rank puts blog_entries.size puts blog_entries[0].title ...etc... or using scopes: blog_entry = BlogEntry.scoped_by_tsearch("bob").find(:first)