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Ruby

markuslopez
markuslopez
371 Points
Posted by markuslopez
markuslopez
371 Points

Best way to implement simple search functionality

So, I want to allow users to search for other users by profile_name, first_name, and last_name.

I know there are a lot of search gems but I'm not sure if it's necessary to use one of them since I feel this is a pretty basic search.

How would I search for these variables using my existing devise settings?

1 Answer

harishupadhyayula
harishupadhyayula
32,221 Points
harishupadhyayula
harishupadhyayula
32,221 Points

I would start with something like this.

  1. create a function in User model -> search_by_name
  2. Use user.find_by(first_name: "value", last_name: "value) which should return a list of users
  3. take that list and bind it to the page.

I would start off and make it work and then start looking into making jQuery ajax calls to avoid post backs.

I hope it makes sense.