Comments on: You know, I haven’t updated much. http://fangamer.com/blog/2007/12/25/you-know-i-havent-updated-much/ Design/Dev/Business Blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:01:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: MilesZS http://fangamer.com/blog/2007/12/25/you-know-i-havent-updated-much/#comment-82 MilesZS Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:25:49 +0000 http://fangamer.com/blog/2007/12/25/you-know-i-havent-updated-much/#comment-82 I thought about sending this to Reid, and having him forward the message to you, but this will do just as well: Look into Ferret, and the acts_as_ferret plugin. It is inspired by the Apache Lucene Java project. We use it at work (where we have over 80 tables and easily over 100,000 records of which I am currently aware, if those numbers mean anything), and it is very cool, and comes with a ton of features out of the box. Google Ferret and acts_as_ferret, and you should find a wealth of resources. You are also welcome to contact me directly, as I've got some bookmarks, I think. There are other gems/plugins, such as Sphinx, as well, but I know little about them. I haven't had the chance, or the reason, to look into them. http://ferret.davebalmain.com/trac I thought about sending this to Reid, and having him forward the message to you, but this will do just as well:

Look into Ferret, and the acts_as_ferret plugin. It is inspired by the Apache Lucene Java project. We use it at work (where we have over 80 tables and easily over 100,000 records of which I am currently aware, if those numbers mean anything), and it is very cool, and comes with a ton of features out of the box. Google Ferret and acts_as_ferret, and you should find a wealth of resources. You are also welcome to contact me directly, as I’ve got some bookmarks, I think.

There are other gems/plugins, such as Sphinx, as well, but I know little about them. I haven’t had the chance, or the reason, to look into them.

http://ferret.davebalmain.com/trac

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