class Species < ActiveRecord::Base translates :name scope :alphabetical, -> { with_translations(I18n.locale).order(Species::Translation.arel_table[:name]) } scope :matching_name, ->(name, locale = I18n.locale) { st = Species::Translation.arel_table joins(:translations).where(st[:locale].eq(locale)). where(st[:name].matches(sanitize_sql_like(name))) } def as_json(options={}) {:id => id, :name => human_name} end def human_name if name name.capitalize else I18n.translate('species.default_human_name') end end # TODO: Copied from modern Rails source, can delete once we're there! def self.sanitize_sql_like(string, escape_character = "\\") pattern = Regexp.union(escape_character, "%", "_") string.gsub(pattern) { |x| [escape_character, x].join } end end