ruby on rails - Comparing value of activerecord column with string -

hie,

i have 1 model area have column "location" having 1 word of specific area

now want compare location params may contain more 1 words.

e.g

value of location column "kerala" , params value "malappuram, kerala, india"

so how can fire query in rails??

try this:

params = "malappuram, kerala, india" area.where(:location => params.split(',')) # params.split(',') = ["malappuram", "kerala", "india"]