Cloned from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964080

Description of problem:

Please see the reproducer steps.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Satellite 6.9

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Hosts --> Content Hosts
2. Search by : os_minor != 4
3. Search by : os_minor ~ 4

Actual results:

At 2 i.e. os_minor != 4
~
_{external method 'search_by_os_minor' failed with error: undefined method `<>' for 9:Integer Did you mean? <}
~

At 3 i.e. os_minor ~ 4
~
_{external method 'search_by_os_minor' failed with error: undefined method `ILIKE' for 9:Integer}
~

Expected results:

Provide valid search results.

Additional info:

• No issue in Satellite 6.8 but only in Satellite 6.9.

• Don't see any changes in /usr/share/foreman/app/models/concerns/hostext/search.rb for search_by_os_minor function in both Satellite 6.8 and 6.9. So that means something else have got changed in Satellite 6.9