Yes, Rails does support case-insensitive queries

They’re unfortunately just a little buried and a little undocumented. And so conventional wisdom is that Rails doesn’t do case-insensitive finds. But in fact it does: Example 1: Find all the statutes whose name begins with texas, case-insensitively:More

It is supremely important that we ensure our data is safe. . .

. . . it is supremely important that we ensure our data is safe, consistent and reliable. We can dramatically increase these factors by taking full advantage of the tools at hand. Yes. This is the most critical, important task in software development. A great set of posts, Coding Rails with Data Integrity by Jay…More