Question

I have a set of problems with sunspot and enconding issues when sorting.
The main problem is the use of brazilian words with accents. For example, for a set of names as:

• Alberto
• Ana
• Maria
• Álvaro

The name Álvaro, always appears on the end of the list after call order_by method.

This is my class setting for the column name:

class Student < ActiveRecord::Base
 searchable do
   text(:name)
   text(:code)
   string :name_sort do 
     name
   end
 end

 def search(options)
    students = Student.search do 
      fulltext(options[:data])
      order_by :name_sort
    end
    students.results
 end
end

Can Anyone help?
Thanks
Luiz

Answer 1

you could try using transliterate when indexing

class Student < ActiveRecord::Base
  searchable do
    text(:name)
    text(:code)
    string :name_sort do 
      I18n.transliterate name
    end
  end

  def search(options)
    students = Student.search do 
      fulltext(options[:data])
      order_by :name_sort
    end
    students.results
  end
end