Thorsten!!!! please understand me.

Dude, are you crazy?

Please stop flooding the mailing list with useless requests. and don't try to pressure me.

Don't think many people will be willing to help oyu if you act that rude, me included if you continue like that.

cond = params[:movie][:name] + "%" #i hope you have a "name" field in your search form?

@report = Movie.find :all, :conditions => ['name like ?',cond]

Stop using find_by_sql.You should almost never be in need to use it. ActiveRecord offers better ways