fixes #2335

app/models/saved_search.rb

@@ -6,11 +6,16 @@ class SavedSearch < ActiveRecord::Base
   before_create :update_user_on_create
   after_destroy :update_user_on_destroy
   validates_uniqueness_of :tag_query, :scope => :user_id
+  before_validation :normalize
 
   def self.tagged(tags)
     where(:tag_query => tags).first
   end
 
+  def normalize
+    self.tag_query = Tag.scan_query(tag_query).join(" ")
+  end
+
   def validate_count
     if user.saved_searches.count + 1 > user.max_saved_searches
       self.errors[:user] << "can only have up to #{user.max_saved_searches} " + "saved search".pluralize(user.max_saved_searches)

test/unit/saved_search_test.rb

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ class SavedSearchTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       @user.reload
       assert(@user.has_saved_searches?, "should have saved_searches bitpref set")
     end
+
+    should "normalize whitespace" do
+      assert_equal("xxx", @saved_search.tag_query)
+    end
   end
 
   context "Destroying a saved search" do