As find with conditions is being deleted from Rails 3.2. I have re- factored my search code using the new syntax. In any case my find with conditions was throwing errors. (find(:all, :conditions => [''section LIKE ?'', "%#{search_item}%"])) Can anyone help in finding out why my instance variable @homepages is returning with nothing from the search. In my controller I have:- @homepages = Homepage.search(params[:search]) In my model I have:- class Homepage < ActiveRecord::Base def self.search(search_item) if search_item self.where(''section <= ?'', "%#{search_item}%") else self.all end end end In my index.js.erb I have:- $("testsearch").update("<%= escape_javascript(render(@homepages)) %>"); My terminal log shows the search values are being passed correctly, but nothing is being rendered:- Started GET "/homepages?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search=Gar" for 127.0.0.1 at 2010-10-29 01:27:42 +0100 Processing by HomepagesController#index as JS Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "search"=>"Gar"} Homepage Load (0.4ms) SELECT "homepages".* FROM "homepages" WHERE (section <= ''%Gar%'') Rendered collection (0.0ms) Rendered homepages/index.js.erb (1.9ms) Completed 200 OK in 9036ms (Views: 9.7ms | ActiveRecord: 0.4ms) It should find at least one record. If I make the if the same as the else it renders all correctly. So why am I not getting any records returned with @homepages. Thanks in advance. Don -- 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.