Sequel Column Aliases & Virtual Attributes

sequel_virtual_attr.erubis

<%
  BlogPost.select(:headline, 'substring(body from "^.*?</p>")'.as(:body_preview)).
    order(:post_date.desc).all do |post|
%>
  <div>
    <h2><%=post.headline%></h2>
    <%==post.body_preview%>
  </div>
<% end %>

sequel_virtual_attr.rb

class BlogPost < Sequel::Model(:blog__posts)

  attr_accessor :body_preview

end