I think you can frame your WHERE clause by splitting the search field value on a particular database field. e.g.
Assume your query is passed in search parameter. So params[:search] will access the string passed by the search form. Lets take the example of Airport and name. #get the parameter search and split it on blank spaces. search_str = params[:search] search_arr = search_str.split(' ') #Loop through the search_arr and form a where_clause where_clause = '' search_arr.each_with_index do |s, i| where_clause += ' AND ' unless i == 0 where_clause += "name LIKE '%" + s + "%'" end #Now use where method of ActiveRecord to fetch the records matching the criteria. airports = Airport.where(where_clause) airport will have all the records matching thew criteria of name from search form. Hope this will help. :) Regards Manoj Monga man...@mindfiresolutions.com http://mindfiresolutions.com -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.