Rails - May 2011 - help correct and improve this WHERE

Hi,

I am trying to build a search form with multiple field input. And while
the single field search is working just fine, I am having some issues
creating the WHERE with the two fields joined. Here is the code.

  def index
    @cities = City.order("province_id, name").page(params[:page])

    # Need to create this condition for now I have added a place holder.
    if (!params[:name_like].blank?) && (!params[:province_like].blank?)
      @cities = City.order("province_id, name").page(params[:page])

    # This if works just fine
    elsif !params[:name_like].blank?
      @cities = City.where(:name.matches => (''%'' +
params[:name_like] +
''%'')).order("province_id, name").page(params[:page])

    # This if works just fine
    elsif !params[:province_like].blank?
      @cities = City.joins(:province).where(:province => {:name.matches
=> (''%'' + params[:province_like] +
''%'')}).order("province_id,
name").page(params[:page])

    end
  end

Also is there a better way to write the same piece of code?

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