Module: SearchFor

Included in:
ActiveRecord::Base
Defined in:
lib/search_for/search_for.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#search_for(query, on_fields) ⇒ Object

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError) 


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# File 'lib/search_for/search_for.rb', line 2

def search_for(query, on_fields)
  raise ArgumentError, "You must provide an :on => [..fields..] argument to #search_for." unless on_fields[:on] 
  on_fields   = on_fields[:on].kind_of?(Array) ? on_fields[:on] : [on_fields[:on]]
  query_terms = query.split(/\s+/)
  fields      = on_fields.map {|f| "(" + (["#{f} LIKE ?"] * query_terms.size).join(" AND ") + ")"}.join(" OR ")
  query_terms = (query_terms.map {|qt| "%#{qt}%"}) * on_fields.size
  where(*([fields] + query_terms))
end