I am trying to monkey-patch the ActiveRecord::Base class to incorporate
a generic search class method so that it can be used by all model
classes which need this functionality. Since model classes directly
inherit from ActiveRecord::Base and unlike controllers and helpers, do
not have an ancestor class defined, I think I am forced to open the
ActiveRecord::Base class and patch it? May be I am wrong. Anyway, here
is my code in the active_record_extensions.rb file that I created in the
RAILS_ROOT/lib directory:
module ActiveRecord
class Base
def self.search(search, current_page)
if search.blank?
paginate(:all, :page => current_page || 1, :per_page => 5)
else
paginate(:all, :conditions => ["name LIKE ?", "%#{search}%"],
:order => 'name',
:page => current_page || 1, :per_page => 5)
end
end
end
end
Note that paginate method comes from the will_paginate plugin installed
in vendor/plugins directory.
This does not work. My program is having trouble with the paginate
method from will_paginate plugin being called in the code shown above?
This seems to be a load_path issue? One way to solve this is to install
will_paginate as a gem and then require it before calling paginate? But
is there a way to make with work as a plugin as I have it currently for
creating this generic routine?
Thanks for your time in advance.
Bharat
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