[Rails] Re: Rails 3.2 what are the best gems for full-text search in sql db ?

On Thursday, 11 October 2012 13:45:02 UTC-4, Erwin wrote:

there are a lot of solutions , some gems requiring a separate server
setup...

I need to search for occurrences of some 'text in multiple columns
( :name; :email, :description, ..)

Should I actually setup a SOLr server ?

Depending on what you're looking for, Sunspot may be useful - I've used it for a number of projects that needed full-text seach + filtering etc. There's a Railscast that should help you get started:

http://railscasts.com/episodes/278-search-with-sunspot

--Matt Jones 

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