Same rails search

search_hack.rb

module ActiveRecord
  class Base
    # Just hack this in, since I don't have AR 4.0 installed
    def self.where(*attrs)
      puts attrs.inspect
    end
    
    def self.table_name
      "erics_models"
    end
  end
end

class EricsModel < ActiveRecord::Base

  SEARCHABLE_ATTRIBUTES = [:name,:id]

  
  def self.search(query="")
    params = SEARCHABLE_ATTRIBUTES.size.times.collect{|p| query}
    EricsModel.where(SEARCHABLE_ATTRIBUTES.collect{|attr| "#{table_name}.#{attr} LIKE '%?%'" }.join(" OR "),*params)
  end
end


EricsModel.search("Hello")