search data not being displayed after search

Question

I have installed ransack and it seems easy to use. However when I click search it just refreshes the page, the proper data is not shown. On the page I have the search box with listing all registered usernames (admin and user). For the search box I entered 'admin' and when I click search the page reloads and I continue to see all registered users (admin and user). It should be displaying 'admin' only after the search. Any idea as to why this is happening?

users_controller:

  def index
     @search = User.search(params[:q])
     @users = @search.result
     @users = User.all
   end

index.html:

<%= search_form_for @search do |f| %>
  <div class="field">
    <%= f.label :username_cont, "Name contains" %>
    <%= f.text_field :username_cont %>
  </div>
  <div class="actions"><%= f.submit "Search" %></div>
<% end %>

<% @users.each do |user| %>
    <li>
       <%= link_to user.username, user %>
        <% if current_user.admin? || current_user == @user %>
            <%= link_to "Edit #{user} profile", user %>
            | <%= link_to "delete", user, method: :delete,
                                          data: { confirm: "You sure?"} %>
        <% end %>
        </li>
        <% end %>

Answer 1

You should be getting all the results not search results... You are over-riding the instance variable

this:

@users = @search.result
@users = User.all

should just be:

@users = @search.result

or better yet:

@search = User.search(params[:q])
if params[:q].present?
  @users = @search.result
else
  @users = User.all
end

All being said... Is your form submitting a param for "q"? I don't know ransack but I think your form also needed changing.