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Asked: 2026-06-09T16:29:20+00:00

Given a simple text string search_for which would be something like %mike%, I’d like

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Given a simple text string search_for which would be something like “%mike%”, I’d like to find all Users where either “user.email LIKE search_for” or “user_profile.name LIKE search_for”

User has_one UserProfile

User has an :email field

UserProfile has a :name field

user.user_profile might not exist (eg, a user might not have a name yet)

I assume I first need a LEFT JOIN (so I have all users, joined with their user_profile IF it exists), then I need to be able to specify user.email and user_profile.name as part of a .where clause, but I cannot quite crack the syntax to make it work.

Any help would be appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Found it
    @found_all = User.joins(“LEFT OUTER JOIN user_profiles ON user_profiles.user_id = users.id”).where(“(LOWER(users.email) LIKE ?) OR (LOWER(user_profiles.name) LIKE ?)”, srchterm, srchterm)

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