Would this work?

MyModel.last.serializable_hash methods: MyModel.reflections.keys

Or is that too much?

Look at the options that you can pass into serializable_hash.

However, if you are doing this for json/etc. serialization in the 
controller, check out ActiveModel::Serializers.


On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 10:53:14 AM UTC-4, Ruby-Forum.com User wrote:
>
> Hello, 
>   I'm trying to find a very abstract and "one size fits all" for 
> converting nested active record results to nested hashes.   It's easy, 
> to do one level deep as such: 
>
> [code] 
> results_to_hash = Hash[ found_categories.map{ |c| [c.id, c.title]}] 
> [/code] 
>
> But, when I try to add another collection to the mix, it completely 
> borks and the results_to_hash only returns an empty hash IE: 
>
> [code] 
> results_to_hash = Hash[ found_categories.map{ |c| [c.id, c.title, 
> c.categories]}] 
> [/code] 
>
> Ultimately, I'd like it to be smart enough to detect if a model object 
> contains a collection (IE: object.class.reflect_on_all_associations), 
> and automatically convert those to hashes. 
>
>
> Any ideas? 
>
> Thanks, 
> Eric 
>
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