Multiple word searching with Ruby, and MySQL

Question

I\'m trying to accomplish a multiple word searching in a quotes database using Ruby, ActiveRecord, and MySQL. The way I did is shown bellow, and it is working, but I would l

Answer 1

MySQL fulltext search not working, so best way to do this:

class Quote
  def self.search_by_quote(query)
    words = query.to_s.strip.split
    words.map! { |word| "quote LIKE '%#{word}%'" }
    sql = words.join(" AND ")
    self.where(sql)
  end
end