Enhance customer search functionality by ordering results and refining search method

app/controllers/customers_controller.rb

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class CustomersController < ApplicationController
   # display a list of all customers
   def index
     if params[:search]
-      @customers = Customer.search(params[:search]).paginate(page: params[:page])
+      @customers = Customer.search(params[:search]).order(:name).paginate(page: params[:page])
       if only_one_non_zero?(@customers)
         redirect_to @customers.first
       end

app/models/customer.rb

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
                 :type => :to_s,
                 :description => Proc.new {|o| "#{I18n.t :label_primary_phone}: #{o.phone_number} #{I18n.t:label_mobile_phone}: #{o.mobile_phone_number}"},
                 :datetime => Proc.new {|o| o.updated_at || o.created_at}
+
+  #default_scope { order(name: :asc) }
   
   # Convenience Method
   # returns the customer's email
@@ -181,24 +183,10 @@ class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
 
+  # Seach for customers by name or phone number
   def self.search(search)
-    return all if search.blank?
-
-    # 1. Clean the input: Remove existing stars and special Boolean operators
-    # to prevent "red**" or syntax errors from hyphens/plus signs.
-    clean_search = search.gsub(/[*+\-><()~]/, '')
-    
-    # 2. Add a single trailing wildcard for partial matching
-    ft_query = "#{clean_search}*"
-    
-    # 3. Use the exact column list from your migration
-    # Using a hybrid approach to ensure "Jonh" still finds "John"
-    where(
-      "MATCH(name, phone_number, mobile_phone_number) AGAINST(? IN BOOLEAN MODE) OR 
-      SOUNDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(name, ' ', 1)) = SOUNDEX(?) OR 
-      name LIKE ?", 
-      ft_query, clean_search, "%#{sanitize_sql_like(clean_search)}%"
-    ).order(Arel.sql("MATCH(name, phone_number, mobile_phone_number) AGAINST(#{connection.quote(clean_search)}) DESC"))
+    search = sanitize_sql_like(search)
+    where("name LIKE ? OR phone_number LIKE ? OR mobile_phone_number LIKE ?", "%#{search}%", "%#{search}%", "%#{search}%")
   end
 
   # Override the defult redmine seach method to rank results by id
@@ -208,14 +196,11 @@ class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
     scope = self.all
 
     tokens.each do |token|
-      q = "%#{sanitize_sql_like(token)}%"
-      scope = where("name LIKE ? OR phone_number LIKE ? OR mobile_phone_number LIKE ?", "%#{q}%", "%#{q}%", "%#{q}%") 
+      scope = scope.search(token)
     end
 
     ids = scope.distinct.limit(options[:limit] || 100).pluck(:id)
-
-    # Assign simple uniform ranking
-    ids.each_with_object({}) { |id, h| h[id] = id }
+    ids.index_with { |id| id }
   end
   
   # proforms a bruteforce sync operation
@@ -249,6 +234,30 @@ class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
   def to_s
     return "#{self[:name]} - #{phone_number.split(//).last(4).join unless phone_number.nil?}"
   end
+
+  # Push the updates
+  def save_with_push
+    begin
+      qbo = Qbo.first
+      @details = qbo.perform_authenticated_request do |access_token|
+        service = Quickbooks::Service::Customer.new(
+          company_id: qbo.realm_id,
+          access_token: access_token
+        )
+        service.update(@details)
+      end
+
+      self.id = @details.id
+    rescue => e
+      errors.add(:base, e.message)
+      return false
+    end
+
+    save_without_push
+  end
+
+  alias_method :save_without_push, :save
+  alias_method :save, :save_with_push
   
   private
   
@@ -265,24 +274,5 @@ class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
       @details = Quickbooks::Model::Customer.new
     end
   end
-
-  # Push the updates
-  def save_with_push
-    begin
-      qbo = Qbo.first
-      @details = qbo.perform_authenticated_request do |access_token|
-        service = Quickbooks::Service::Customer.new(company_id: qbo.realm_id, access_token: access_token)
-        service.update(@details)
-      end
-      #raise "QBO Fault" if @details.fault?
-      self.id = @details.id
-    rescue Exception => e
-      errors.add(e.message)
-    end
-    save_without_push
-  end
-
-  alias_method :save_without_push, :save
-  alias_method :save, :save_with_push
   
 end

init.rb

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Redmine::Plugin.register :redmine_qbo do
   name 'Redmine QBO plugin'
   author 'Rick Barrette'
   description 'A pluging for Redmine to connect with QuickBooks Online to create Time Activity Entries for billable hours logged when an Issue is closed'
-  version '2026.2.14'
+  version '2026.2.15'
   url 'https://github.com/rickbarrette/redmine_qbo'
   author_url 'https://barrettefabrication.com'
   settings default: {empty: true}, partial: 'qbo/settings'