how to avoid the records that are not in database without reindexing solr

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i have a model Ticket which has 4 records… I deleted first 2 records in the database…

search = Sunspot.new_search(Ticket) do

 paginate(:page => 1, :per_page => 2)

end

list = search.execute

list.results

list.results returns for page 1 and the remaining 2 records for page 2.

Ideally it should have been 1 page with 2 records. is it possible to avoid the records that not in database without re-indexing solr?

2

You could filter them from the array with #compact*, I think, but ideally, you would want to re-index. That's the problem with any search technique that doesn't hit the live data directly. Yes, solr is much faster and can do way more tricks, but it's not "live". How long does your index process take? Could it be done after a delete without holding up the whole system for a ridiculous duration?

Walter

*Actually, compact alone won't do it, because your results are not in an array yet. You could cast the results to an array, or you could pass the current "live" IDs into the search query. No idea how to do that in solr, but hypothetically, it would be something like this (MySQL) query:

  SELECT * FROM tickets AS t1 WHERE [your search here] AND t1.id IN(SELECT id FROM tickets WHERE 1);

3

why not delete the records from solr? Sunspot::Rails can handle this for you

Fred