luis@328: class Author < ActiveRecord::Base
luis@946:   unloadable
luis@1123: 
luis@468:   has_many :authorships, :dependent => :destroy
luis@328:   has_many :publications, :through => :authorships
luis@403: 
luis@466:   belongs_to :user
luis@478: 
luis@478:   def <=>(author)
luis@478:     name.downcase <=> author.name.downcase
luis@478:   end
luis@1123: 
luis@1124:   # todo: review usage of scope --lf.20130108
luis@1123:   scope :like, lambda {|q|
luis@477:     s = "%#{q.to_s.strip.downcase}%"
luis@477:     {:conditions => ["LOWER(name) LIKE :s", {:s => s}],
luis@477:      :order => 'name'
luis@477:     }
luis@478:   }
luis@478: 
luis@328: end