The full parameter

Author: David Padilla

README.markdown

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ I'd recommend you understand what's happening with those 3 tools before attempti
 
 Include the gem on your Gemfile
 
-    gem 'rails3-jquery-autocomplete', '>= 0.1.1', :require => 'autocomplete'
+    gem 'rails3-jquery-autocomplete', '>= 0.1.3', :require => 'autocomplete'
 
 Install it
 
@@ -51,6 +51,18 @@ don't forget to add it on your routes file
       get :autocomplete_brand_name, :on => :collection
     end
 
+By default, the search starts from the beginning of the string you're searching for. If you want to do a full search, set the _full_ parameter to true.
+
+    class ProductsController < Admin::BaseController
+      autocomplete :brand, :name, :full => true
+    end
+
+The following list would match the term query 'un':
+
+* Luna
+* Unacceptable
+* Rerun
+
 ### View
 
 On your view, all you have to do is include the attribute autocomplete on the text field

Rakefile

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ require 'rubygems'
 require 'rake'
 require 'echoe'
 
-Echoe.new('rails3-jquery-autocomplete', '0.1.2') do |p|
+Echoe.new('rails3-jquery-autocomplete', '0.1.3') do |p|
   p.description    = "Use jQuery's autocomplete plugin with Rails 3."
   p.url            = "http://github.com/crowdint/rails3-jquery-autocomplete"
   p.author         = "David Padilla"
   p.email          = "[email protected]"
   p.ignore_pattern = ["tmp/*", "script/*"]
   p.development_dependencies = []
-end
+end

lib/autocomplete.rb

@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ module ClassMethods
     def autocomplete(object, method, options = {})
       limit = options[:limit] || 10
       order = options[:order] || "#{method} ASC"
+      inner = options[:full] || false
 
       define_method("autocomplete_#{object}_#{method}") do
         unless params[:term] && params[:term].empty?
-          items = object.to_s.camelize.constantize.where(["LOWER(#{method}) LIKE ?", "%#{params[:term].downcase}%"]).limit(limit).order(order)
+          items = object.to_s.camelize.constantize.where(["LOWER(#{method}) LIKE ?", "#{(options[:full] ? '%' : '')}#{params[:term].downcase}%"]).limit(limit).order(order)
         else
           items = {}
         end

test/controller_module_test.rb

@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ def test_alphabetic_order
     assert_equal(json_response.first["label"], "Alpha")
     assert_equal(json_response.last["label"], "Alzpha")
   end
-  
+
   def test_alternative_sort_order
     @movie = Movie.create(:name => 'Alzpha')
     @movie = Movie.create(:name => 'Alspha')
     @movie = Movie.create(:name => 'Alpha')
 
     ActorsController.send(:autocomplete, :movie, :name, {:order => "name DESC"})
-    
+
     get :autocomplete_movie_name, :term => 'Al'
     json_response = JSON.parse(@response.body)
     assert_equal(json_response.first["label"], "Alzpha")
@@ -88,11 +88,33 @@ def test_response_limit
     @movie = Movie.create(:name => 'Alzpha')
     @movie = Movie.create(:name => 'Alspha')
     @movie = Movie.create(:name => 'Alpha')
-    
+
     ActorsController.send(:autocomplete, :movie, :name, {:limit => 1})
 
     get :autocomplete_movie_name, :term => 'Al'
     json_response = JSON.parse(@response.body)
     assert_equal(json_response.length, 1)
   end
+
+  def test_downcase
+    @movie = Movie.create(:name => 'aLpHa')
+
+    ActorsController.send(:autocomplete, :movie, :name)
+
+    get :autocomplete_movie_name, :term => 'Al'
+    json_response = JSON.parse(@response.body)
+    assert_equal(json_response.length, 1)
+    assert_equal(json_response.first["label"], 'aLpHa')
+  end
+
+  def test_full_search
+    @movie = Movie.create(:name => 'aLpHa')
+
+    ActorsController.send(:autocomplete, :movie, :name, {:full => true})
+
+    get :autocomplete_movie_name, :term => 'ph'
+    json_response = JSON.parse(@response.body)
+    assert_equal(json_response.length, 1)
+    assert_equal(json_response.first["label"], 'aLpHa')
+  end
 end