Hey I'm running into an small issue with searching a zip codes table, where some zip codes contain 1 or more leading zeros. This problem could be fixed with some database level hacking -- but I'd rather attack the problem in rails.
Zip codes are stored in the zip code table with leading zeros dropped. 01234 becomes 1234. Thus, when someone searches via the website for 012345, it will not find any results. I'm looking to write a method (probably in the Zipcode model) to remove any leading zeros from an incoming search request, before it gets passed into sql calls. I looked into callbacks, but those appears to only be useful when creating/saving/updating/deleting data, whereas I need to address searching. Any suggestions on the correct/best way to do this? Again, I'm looking for a rails solution, not a database level solution. Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
