Question

I can’t figure out why ascend_by won’t work for me. Here’s a console readout


>> tapes = Tape.search(:timestamp_gte => "1278361923")
=> blah blah blah
>> tapes.length
=> 1436
>> tapes.ascend_by_timestamp
=> nil


I get the same behavior when I use descend_by and other columns.

ruby 1.8.7
Rails 2.3.8
searchlogic 2.4.19

Answer 1

Well, I’m not sure why, but it looks like it works if you add in the scope at the same time. But (oddly) only if the ascend part comes first. So:

tapes = Tape.ascend_by_id.search(:timestamp_gte => "1278361923")

should work, while

tapes = Tape.search(:timestamp_gte => "1278361923").ascend_by_id

doesn’t.