Added note about BigDecimals - closes #1538

Andrew Kane
1 parent 2e021f9e
Showing 1 changed file with 12 additions and 0 deletions Show diff stats
README.md
@@ -2063,6 +2063,18 @@ Product.search(&quot;api&quot;, misspellings: {prefix_length: 2}) # api, apt, no ahi
 Product.search("ah", misspellings: {prefix_length: 2}) # ah, no aha
 ```
+BigDecimal values are indexed as floats by default so they can be used for boosting. Convert them to strings to keep full precision.
+
+```ruby
+class Product < ApplicationRecord
+  def search_data
+    {
+      units: units.to_s("F")
+    }
+  end
+end
+```
+
 ## Gotchas
 ### Consistency
	@@ -2063,6 +2063,18 @@ Product.search("api", misspellings: {prefix_length: 2}) # api, apt, no ahi		@@ -2063,6 +2063,18 @@ Product.search("api", misspellings: {prefix_length: 2}) # api, apt, no ahi
2063	Product.search("ah", misspellings: {prefix_length: 2}) # ah, no aha	2063	Product.search("ah", misspellings: {prefix_length: 2}) # ah, no aha
2064	```	2064	```
2065		2065
		2066	+BigDecimal values are indexed as floats by default so they can be used for boosting. Convert them to strings to keep full precision.
		2067	+
		2068	+```ruby
		2069	+class Product < ApplicationRecord
		2070	+ def search_data
		2071	+ {
		2072	+ units: units.to_s("F")
		2073	+ }
		2074	+ end
		2075	+end
		2076	+```
		2077	+
2066	## Gotchas	2078	## Gotchas
2067		2079
2068	### Consistency	2080	### Consistency