ActiveRecord find starts with

Question

Really simple question - how do I do a search to find all records where the name starts with a certain string in ActiveRecord. I\'ve seen all sorts of bits all over the internet

Answer 1

Dave Sag, I guess the first part of your code should be

class User
  scope :name_starts_with, (lambda do |str|
                              {:conditions => ['lower(name) like ?', "#{str.downcase}%"]}
                            end )
end