Scott Rutherford

So been using Sphinx with the UltraSphinx plugin and I came across the requirement to use filters to reject records. Unfortunately in the plugin the filters are hardwired to submit the ‘exclude’ parameter as ‘false’ i.e include. Time for a quick hack I think…....

Very easy to fix, just open up the ‘internals.rb’ file in the UltraSphinx plugin or include the gem using ‘rake gems:unpack GEM=ultrasphinx’ (need to have config.gem “ultrasphinx” set in envrinoment.rb) and then find that file.

Ok, so found the file? On line 97 is this loop:

Array(opts['filters']).each do |field, value|          
  ....
 begin
     case value
     when Integer, Float, BigDecimal, NilClass, Array
       # XXX Hack to force floats to be floats
       value = value.to_f if type == 'float'
       # Just bomb the filter in there
       request.filters << Riddle::Client::Filter.new(field, Array(value), false)
     when Range
     ....
end

The ‘Riddle::Client::Filter.new(field, Array(value), false)’ call is the one we need to change (the ‘false’ is the exclude param).

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Big advantages are the archive of errors and the ability to mark them as dealt with. Of course I could do that with email folders and the like, but I'm lazy and this appears to do it all. Oh and its free!!!