More search like display of listings of requests.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/app/models/info_request.rb b/app/models/info_request.rb
index 31086c0f8..8eab0cb23 100644
--- a/app/models/info_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/info_request.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2007 UK Citizens Online Democracy. All rights reserved.
 # Email: francis@mysociety.org; WWW: http://www.mysociety.org/
 #
-# $Id: info_request.rb,v 1.19 2008-01-02 16:04:53 francis Exp $
+# $Id: info_request.rb,v 1.20 2008-01-02 18:14:40 francis Exp $
 
 require 'digest/sha1'
 
@@ -141,6 +141,13 @@ class InfoRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
         info_request_event.info_request = self
         info_request_event.save!
     end
+
+    # Text from the the initial request, for use in summary display
+    def initial_request_text
+        excerpt = outgoing_messages[0].body
+        excerpt.sub!(/Dear .+,/, "")
+        return excerpt
+    end
 end