Rails Search Form

Question

I\'m creating an application that tracks users and achievements (think, xbox live, etc.) These tables are linked via a join table. I would like to have a search form on my inde

Answer 1

Here's a bit of skeleton code to get you started based off what I think you need from what you have said. I hope this is useful.

For the search bit you could do something like this in your index view:

<%= form_for User.new, :url => "search" do |f| %>
  <%= f.label :name %>
  <%- f.text_field :name %>
<%- end %>

In your controller:

def search
  q = params[:user][:name]
  @users = User.find(:all, :conditions => ["name LIKE %?%",q])
end

and in your search view:

<%-@users.each do |user| %>
  Name: <%=user.name %>

  <%- user.achievements.each do |achievement| %>
    <%= achievement.name %>
  <%- end %>
<%- end %>

You would, of course, need to ensure the users and achievement models are correctly linked:

class User << ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :achievements

end