Ruby on Rails 3 - retrieved data always zero - ruby-on-rails-3

I can't find a working solution for the following piece of code:
def search_last_rate
self.rate = Rate.find(:first, :select => "rateconverted", :conditions => ["dominant_id = ? and converted_id = ?", self.currency_bought_iso, self.currency_sold_iso], :order => 'ratedate, dateloaded, timeloaded DESC')
end
When I execute this in the console I retrieve the appropriate value:
`=> #<Rate rateconverted: 0.8131>`
All columns are defined in MYSQL2 as an decimal but when I'm using it in the model and new html page it's always saving the value 0.0.
Please advice :)

decimal and integer are different in mysql. if u want the data to be numeric then use 'integer' in migrations else 'float'. checkout Decimal VS Int in MySQL?

Make sure that self.rate is not an integer
Try
self.rate = Rate.find(:first, :select => "rateconverted", :conditions => ["dominant_id = ? and converted_id = ?", self.currency_bought_iso, self.currency_sold_iso], :order => 'ratedate, dateloaded, timeloaded DESC').to_f

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Search multiple colums in model rails 3

I have a search form where I can search one column in my Recipe model using
#countrysearch = Recipe.where(:dish_name => params[:search]).all
So when i search for a dish say lasagne I get a result, however i would like to be able to search another 3 columns within the recipe model, country_of_origin, difficulty and preperation_time.
I have tried this
#countrysearch = Recipe.where({:dish_name => params[:search], :country_of_origin => params[:search], :difficulty => params[:search], :preperation_time => params[:search]}).all
but this does not seem to work either
Can anyone offer a suggestion?
Your code uses AND but you want OR I think:
#countrysearch = Recipe.where("dish_name = ? OR country_of_origin = ? OR difficulty = ? OR preperation_time = ?",
params[:search],
params[:search],
params[:search],
params[:search]
)
If you don't want to use an SQL string you can use the arel_table:
at = Recipe.arel_table
search = params[:search]
#countrysearch = Recipe.where(at[:dish_name].eq(search).or(at[:country_of_origin].eq(search)).or(at[:difficulty].eq(search)).or(at[:preperation_time].eq(search)))
But for the current version of Rails I would prefere the first method because this is better readable. In Rails 5 you will have better methods for this sort of queries. (I will update this post if this becomes available.)

How to convert postgresql column into a float for a scoped search in rails

I am trying to search my postgresql db in rails. I followed the Railscasts #111 Advanced Search tutorial and it is working for the name and category of my items column in plain text. However, I want to set a min/max price on my search as well which is where I come into my problem. In my db my price is stored as a string in the format "AU $49.95". Can I convert this into a float on the fly in my scoped search? If so how? If not, what should I do?
Here is the code:
search.rb
class Search < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :keywords, :catagory, :minimum_price, :maximum_price
def items
#items ||= find_items
end
private
def find_items
scope = Item.scoped({})
scope = scope.scoped :conditions => ["to_tsvector('english', items.name) ## plainto_tsquery(?)", "%#{keywords}%"] unless keywords.blank?
scope = scope.scoped :conditions => ["items.price >= ?", "AU \$#{minimum_price.to_s}"] unless minimum_price.blank?
# scope = scope.scoped :conditions => ["items.price <= ?", "AU \$#{maximum_price.to_s}"] unless maximum_price.blank?
scope = scope.scoped :conditions => ["to_tsvector('english', items.catagory) ## ?", catagory] unless catagory.blank?
scope
end
end
searches_controller.rb
class SearchesController < ApplicationController
def new
#search = Search.new
end
def create
#search = Search.new(params[:search])
if #search.save
redirect_to #search, :notice => "Successfully created search."
else
render :action => 'new'
end
end
def show
#search = Search.find(params[:id])
end
end
Thanks for reading this far!
Use the data type numeric or money for exact numerical calculation without rounding errors - and sorting as a number (not as text).
Converting string literal to numeric should not be a performance problem at all.

Rails 3 - Merge query options

I have this method form a Rails 2.3.4 app:
def self.find_all_colored(query, options={})
finder_options = {:conditions => "color = #{query}"}.merge(options)
Car.find(:all, finder_options)
end
With which I can do:
Car.find_all_colored("red", :limit => 5)
But I am having a really bad time trying to get that to work in Rails 3.1.1, by now I can make it work but without the .merge(options), if I add that part:
def self.find_all_colored(query, options={})
Car.where("color = #{query}").merge(options)
end
I get this error:
undefined method `default_scoped?' for {:limit=>5}:Hash
I've googled and searched in stackoverflow.com but no luck...thanks!
Try the following:
def self.find_all_colored(query, options={})
self.all({:conditions => {:color => query}}.merge(options))
end

why does model.find return [ ]?

I want to get some object form Ad table.
I tried:
Ad.find(:all, :conditions => {:header => "1"})
and:
Ad.find(:all, :conditions => ["header=?", "1"])
but return a empty array.
when i try Ad.all I see Objects which match to my conditions
can you help me?
If you are on Rails 3.0, you should be using the new Arel syntax:
Ad.where(:header => "1")
Check out http://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_querying.html and http://asciicasts.com/episodes/202-active-record-queries-in-rails-3 for more info

Will_Paginate and order clause not working

I'm calling a pretty simple function, and can't seem to figure out whats going on. (I'm using rails 3.0.3 and the master branch of 'will_paginate' gem). I have the following code:
results = Article.search(params) # returns an array of articles
#search_results = results.paginate :page => params[:page], :per_page=>8, :order => order_clause
No matter what I make the order_clause (for example 'article_title desc' and 'article_title asc'), the results are always the same in the same order. So when I check using something like #search_results[0], the element is always the same. In my view, they are obviously always the same as well. Am I totally missing something?
I'm sure its something silly, but I've been banging my head against the wall all night. Any help would be much appreciated!
Edited to Add: The search clause does the following:
def self.search(params)
full_text_search(params[:query].to_s).
category_search(params[:article_category].blank? ? '' : params[:article_category][:name]).
payout_search(params[:payout_direction], params[:payout_value]).
length_search(params[:length_direction], params[:length_value]).
pending.
distinct.
all
end
where each of these guys is a searchlogic based function like this:
#scopes
scope :text_search, lambda {|query|
{
:joins => "INNER JOIN users ON users.id IN (articles.writer_id, articles.buyer_id)",
:conditions => ["(articles.article_title LIKE :query) OR
(articles.description LIKE :query) OR
(users.first_name LIKE :query) OR
(users.last_name LIKE :query)", { :query => "%#{query}%" }]
}
}
scope :distinct, :select => "distinct articles.*"
#methods
def self.payout_search(dir, val)
return no_op if val.blank?
send("payment_amount_#{dir.gsub(/\s+/,'').underscore}", val)
end
def self.length_search(dir, val)
return no_op if val.blank?
send("min_words_#{dir.gsub(/\s+/,'').underscore}", val)
end
Thanks.
If you look at the example from the will_paginate github page you can spot one important difference between their use of the :order clause and yours:
#posts = Post.paginate :page => params[:page], :order => 'created_at DESC'
This calls paginate on the Post object (with no objects being selected yet - no SQL has been executed before paginate comes along). This is different in your example: as you state in the first line of code "returns an array of articles". The simplest I can come up with showing the problem is
results = Model.limit(5).all
#results = results.paginate :order => :doesnt_matter_anymore
won't sort, but this will:
results = Model.limit(5)
#results = results.paginate :order => :matters
It should suffice to take the all out of the search method. It makes ActiveRecord actually perform the SQL query when calling this method. Will_paginate will do that for you when you call paginate (if you let it...). Check out the section on Lazy Loading in this post about Active Record Query Interface 3.0