app/models/effective/effective_datatable/resource.rb in effective_datatables-4.0.3 vs app/models/effective/effective_datatable/resource.rb in effective_datatables-4.0.4

@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@
 
           search[:fuzzy] = true unless search.key?(:fuzzy)
 
           if array_collection? && opts[:resource].present?
             search.reverse_merge!(resource.search_form_field(name, collection.first[opts[:index]]))
-          else
+          elsif search[:as] != :string
             search.reverse_merge!(resource.search_form_field(name, opts[:as]))
           end
         end
       end