ActsAsSphinxResults =================== Provides a simple interface to do basic searches, and display the results. I found this a better solution than trying to wait for indexes or even deltas. This way my major searches will use the index and minor stuff can just be done normally. This plugin requires thinking_sphinx. Instructions on installing thinking sphinx can be found here: http://freelancing-god.github.com/ts/en/installing_thinking_sphinx.html Example ======= In your model as normal define your indexes class Article < ActiveRecord::Base # ... define_index do indexes subject, :sortable => true indexes content indexes author(:name), :as => :author, :sortable => true has author_id, created_at, updated_at end # ... end Now in your controller class CustomersController < ApplicationController acts_as_sphinx_results end if your model has a different name than your controller you can pass the name of your model to the acts_as method class CustomersController < ApplicationController acts_as_sphinx_results :person end Create a search form like the one below and put it whereever you like. (Your model now has the 'search_records' method.) WARNING - Example in HAML -> http://haml-lang.com/ - form_tag('/customers/search_records') do %fieldset %label Keyword %br = text_field_tag 'keyword' = submit_tag 'Find' Finally create a view to display the results your view must be named 'search_records_results' (ex. views/customers/search_records_results.html.haml) = page_entries_info @results if !@results.empty? %table.index{:cellspacing => "0", :cellpadding => "0", :border => "0", :id => "customer_list"} %thead %tr %th Name %th Email %th Phone %th State %th Remove %tbody - for customer in @results %tr.node.level-1 %td = link_to "#{customer.first_name} #{customer.last_name}", edit_admin_customer_url(:id => customer.id) %td = customer.email %td = customer.phone %td = customer.state %td = link_to "Remove", remove_admin_customer_url(:id => customer.id) = will_paginate @results if !@results.empty? That's it your done. Good luck. Copyright (c) 2009 Christopher Rankin, released under the MIT license