Search on multiple keywords in a single search text field (RAILS)

Question

I\'m fairly new and playing around with searching databases in Rails. I have a model and database that has a list of names under the \'name\' attribute. I want to be able to

Answer 1

The code from Łukasz Śliwa works great if you close the name variable with the other % sign.

The complete code from above working for me. Great post.

def self.search(search)

  if search
    search_length = search.split.length
    find(:all, :conditions => [(['name LIKE ?'] * search_length).join(' AND ')] + search.split.map { |name| "%#{name}%" })
  else
    find(:all)
  end

end