# Acts\_as\_ferret **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 21, 2007, 10:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-ferret/112604 "2007-08-21T10:29:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![santoshat20007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@santoshat20007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/santoshat20007)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 10:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-ferret/112604/1 "2007-08-21T10:29:03Z")
Hi every one. I have to implement search function in my application, So i went with Acts\_as\_ferret engine. For that i used ferret-0.11.4-mswin32.gem and acts\_as\_ferret\_0.4.1 plugin I add require ‘acts\_as\_ferret’ in config/environment.rb: add acts\_as\_ferret :fields =\> [:firstname,:lastname] in my user model And in users table i have tuples as follows id firstname lastname 1 san peter 2 santosh patil when I query User.find\_by\_contents(“san”) It will return only first tuple i.e. id 1 Is there any setting that i nead to do or any problem with the gem and plugin that i used. Please help my ---
**Author:** ![santoshat20007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@santoshat20007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/santoshat20007)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-ferret/112604/2 "2007-08-21T21:35:44Z")
> And in users table i have tuples as follows > > id firstname lastname > 1 san peter > 2 santosh patil > > when I query User.find\_by\_contents(“san”) Not sure how find\_by\_contents works, but you need a wild card query… “san\*” [http://ferret.davebalmain.com/api/classes/Ferret/Search/WildcardQuery.html](http://ferret.davebalmain.com/api/classes/Ferret/Search/WildcardQuery.html) -philip