Rails - Jul 2013 - How do I allow users to search a database table?

I recently launched the new Rails-based version of Doppler Value Investing 
(http://www.dopplervalueinvesting.com).  It profiles over 4000 individual 
stocks in terms of free cash flow and net liquid assets.

As you can see at http://dopplervalueinvesting.com/stocksview, I know how 
to extract data from a table in a Postgres database and display it to users.

However, I''m looking for a way to provide a search form that allows
users
to create their own custom search of the stock database table and see their 
results.  Where can I find a good example of this?

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You might want to look at one or another of the search helper gems. This one is
nice: https://www.ruby-toolbox.com/projects/meta_search Basically, any of these
will extend ActiveRecord to give your views the ability to construct custom
search queries. This can be used to make really detailed search forms that
essentially reflect over your database structure.

Walter

On Jul 9, 2013, at 7:37 PM, Jason Hsu, Android developer wrote:
> I recently launched the new Rails-based version of Doppler Value Investing
(http://www.dopplervalueinvesting.com).  It profiles over 4000 individual stocks
in terms of free cash flow and net liquid assets.
> 
> As you can see at http://dopplervalueinvesting.com/stocksview, I know how
to extract data from a table in a Postgres database and display it to users.
> 
> However, I''m looking for a way to provide a search form that
allows users to create their own custom search of the stock database table and
see their results.  Where can I find a good example of this?
> 
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