Question

How can I use ‘or’ in a Sunspot search?

In my code I have

with(:location_id, current_user.location.path_ids || current_user.location.parent.descendant_ids)

The search only evaluates the first part.

If I put ‘current_user.location.path_ids’ first (before ||), I only get the records resulting from that search. If I put ‘current_user.location.parent.descendant_ids’ first, I get the results from that search. I want the results of both.

I have also tried

with(:location_id, current_user.location.path_ids || :location_id, current_user.location.parent.descendant_ids)

I hope you understand my question.

Answer 1

Although I haven’t used Sunspot, I think I can see the problem.

The || operator is logical OR so it is returning the left operand because it evaluates true.

I am assuming that current_user.location.path_ids and current_user.location.parent.descendant_ids are both arrays, therefore you will need to combine them with the | operator instead.

with(:location_id, current_user.location.path_ids | current_user.location.parent.descendant_ids)