Thinking Sphinx Search Box

Question

I'm trying to get Thinking Sphinx running on my site but I'm not sure how to set up the search box and button for the index page. I have in my model:

 define_index do
   indexes :name
   indexes description
   where "approved = 'true'"
 end

In my controller:

def index
  @businesses = Business.search params[:search]
end

And in my index.html.erb I installed the autocomplete plugin and have:

<h3>Search Business</h3><%= text_field_with_auto_complete :name %>

I just don't know how to link up my text box with Sphinx. Do I need to create a button? Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Ryan Bates has a Railscast on Thinking Sphinx that should set you in the right direction. You can view the source code for the form in Ryan's example:

<p>
  <%= text_field_tag :search, params[:search] %>
  <%= submit_tag "Search", :name => nil %>
</p>