SOLR and Rails

Quick overview of SOLR usage in Rails. Presented to Montreal on Rails on September 2nd 2008.

1. SOLR
2. :full_text_search • Not relying on SQL statements • Searching using multiple words in any order • Stemming considerations (derived words) • Results weighting • Grouping (faceting)
3. :options • MySQL queries (‘like ?’, “%#{text}%”) • Ferret • Sphinx / UltraSphinx • Xapian (new) • SOLR
4. acts_as_solr • Based on the Lucene indexing and searching engine, a free/open source libray that was originally created in Java. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucene • Plugin, not a gem (yet) • http://github.com/railsfreaks/acts_as_solr/ tree/master
5. :flow Filter 1 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog Filter 2 Filter n Full Text Search Engine and Data Store quick brown fox jump over lazi dog Filter 1 Filter 2 Filter n fox jump dog id: 5 port 8982 tip.save() Tip.find_by_solr (‘foxes jumps dog’) Rails App Rails App Rails App
6. :hands_on
7. :resources • http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/Acts+as+Solr+Plugin • http://enjoyingrails.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/adding-full- text-search-to-your-rails-app.pdf • http://www.quarkruby.com/2007/8/12/acts_as_solr-for- search-and-faceting • http://wiki.apache.org/solr/AnalyzersTokenizersTokenFilters • http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2006/08/09/solr-indexing-xml- with-lucene-andrest.html?page=3 • Advanced Rails Receipes: Recipe 11: Faceted Search with
8. :credits http://www.flickr.com/photos/astrowoosie/120750647