ActiveRecord.to_csv
Description
A simple ActiveRecord::Base to_csv() class method that preserves scopes. to_csv() returns the entire contents including the header ready to be written to file.
Usage
# Assuming a Movie model with title and director_id columns.
Movie.to_csv
# would return:
title,director_id
title,director_id
Black Swan,0
Inception,1
The Fighter,2
The King's Speech,3
The Kids Are All Right,4
Movie.bad.to_csv
# would return:
title,director_id
The Kids Are All Right,4
TODO
Options to specify columns to be included (currently, id and timestamp columns are excluded).
Compatibility
Tested with ActiveRecord v3.0.4