Question

Hey everyone I have a basic search function here that allows me to search for users by name, I also want to add an email attribute but I’m not sure how. I think this should be a relatively easy fix. Heres all the relevant code:

Search form:

<%= text_field_tag :search, params[:search], :class => 'search_field' %>
<%= submit_tag "Search", :name => nil %>

Controller:

@usersearch = User.search(params[:search])

User model:

def self.search(search)
  if search
    where('name LIKE ?', "%#{search}%")
  else
    all
  end
end

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Just add OR statement with email:

def self.search(search)
  if search
    where('name LIKE ? OR email LIKE ?', "%#{search}%","%#{search}%")
  else
    all
  end
end