Question

I’m having trouble getting ThinkingSphinx to recognize my conditions.

My Discussion model includes the following code:

define_index do
  indexes [subject, body], :as => :text
  indexes replies.body, :as => :reply_text
  set_property :delta => true
end

And as expected this search

Discussion.search "handy"

returns any discussion with the word “handy” in its subject, body, or the body of one of its replies.

Now I’m implementing a “deleting posts” feature, and I want to show only discussions where the field called :disabled == false.

Unfortunately, this search:

Discussion.search "handy", :conditions => { :disabled => false }

always returns an empty array, no matter what.

Why?

Answer 1

You’ll need to have an attribute disabled defined in your define_index block:

define_index do
  indexes [subject, body], :as => :text
  indexes replies.body, :as => :reply_text

  has disabled

  set_property :delta => true
end

Once you’ve done this, stop Sphinx, re-index, and restart, and hopefully it should work.