Rails Ruby on Rails → 2.x

For search forms, it is desireable to use a simple syntax for searching ranges.

In a view, I would like to be able to f.select :age, ["18..21","21..28","25..35","35..108"].map{|a|[a,a]}

and in the controller i would LIKE: Person.find(:all, :conditions=>{:age=>params[:person][:age]})

vs (I currently do): Person.find(:all, :conditions=>{:age=>extract_age_range(params[:person][:age])}) def extract_age_range(string); Range.new( ...stuff...) end

To pass ranges of this form through to the finders is messy; I either need to hack rails AR::Base, or alternatively add a controller method to match and translate these strings into ranges.

Making finder ranges(from some string convention) default supports restful design, and the overhead on finders is low. (an iteration of matching through the conditions hash)

This is my first patch, so I'm looking for feedback. Should this actually be a gem? Can do. Is my testing off-base? Happy to change.