There is also the ActiveRecord::Base method column_names.
Which essentially returns the same thing as Book.column_names.collect (&:name) On Dec 18, 3:07 am, Kip Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > Rilindo, the class method "columns" called on an ActiveRecord class is what > you want. Let's say you have a table called "books" with corresponding model > Book. Then: > > Book.columns will return an array of column objects of the columns in the > table. Not so useful for a select list. > > Book.columns.collect{|x| x.name} will return an array of just the column > names. But this will contain the "id" column and maybe other foreign keys > you don't want in a select list. Therefore: > > Book.columns.collect{|x| x.name}.reject{|x| x == 'id' || x.match(/_id\Z/)} > might be closer to what you want, > > Cheers, --Kip > > Topic: A Describe Method / Pull list of Fields > Rilindo Foster <[email protected]> Dec 17 11:17PM -0500 > > Is there a method that can either run a describe on the table or pull a list > of fields from a table? The rationale is that I am looking for a while to > automatically populate a drop down list so that I can execute a search based > on the field name submitted from the form. I can, of course, populate it > manually, but with 8+ models, it gets old fast. > > Is this the way to do it, through? Or should I try something like Sphinx for > these type of searches (which I am thinking of using anyway). > > - Rilindo -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
