Jon,
> not figured out how to create one search over all my models.
It's not that hard to write : results = Book.find_by_contents(query) + Disk.find_by_contents(query)
If you really have loads of models to search through, you could write something like (untested) :
MODELS=%w(Book Disk Person Animal Article Page Concert Joke Story) results = MODELS.collect{|klass| klass.constantize.find_by_contents(query) }.flatten
Alain
You could also always make a model that covers them all through methods, using the ability to point acts as ferret at other fields.
Example:
class Order < ActiveRecord::Base # ( or not even maybe.. ) belongs_to :reservation belongs_to :customer acts_as_ferret :remote => true, :additional_fields => [ :reservation_to_s, :customer_to_s ]
def reservation_to_s self.reservation.to_s # assuming you defined it end def customer_to_s self.customer.to_s # ditto end end
Just one option... of many.
D. Taylor Singletary, Reality Technicians