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Asked: May 24, 20262026-05-24T10:38:40+00:00 2026-05-24T10:38:40+00:00

I followed a railcast to search a single column from a database, which worked

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I followed a railcast to search a single column from a database, which worked fine. Im trying to tweak it to search across multiple columns (first_name AND last_name), but its only searching across last_name , im new to rails, so i feel like i have a simply syntax error (does || or?) Any suggestions? Here’s my code.

 where('first_name || last_name LIKE ?', "%#{search}%")
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    2026-05-24T10:38:41+00:00Added an answer on May 24, 2026 at 10:38 am
    where('first_name LIKE ? || last_name LIKE ?', "%#{search}%" , "%#{search}%")
    
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