Greg Hauptmann wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any way of extending ActiveRecord to do something like: > <model_object>find_by_description_regex(/.*find this.*) ?? > > That is ActiveRecord support for find via use of regular expressions? > Perhaps a plugin? Or is there a reason this doesn't exist?
ActiveRecord's job is to turn a common Ruby DSL into a big SQL statement. Anything that common back-ends can't do, ActiveRecord can't do. Google [mysql regular expressions] to see if someone has added that to your database back-end. Then use find_by_sql (and scrub any tainted data yourself, to prevent SQL injection attacks like this one: http://xkcd.com/327/ ) Until then, just use LIKE: part = 'A' Foo.find_all_by_group_id(group_id, :conditions => ['name LIKE ?', part + '%' ] ) The % is a wildcard for any length of string - like * in a fileglob match. -- Phlip --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
