code for creating a seeds.rb file from user objects

export.rake

namespace :export do
  desc "Prints seeds in a seeds.rb format"
  task :seeds_format => :environment do
    User.order(:id).all.each do |user|
     # doesn't work on dreamhost
     puts "User.create(#{user.serializable_hash.delete_if { |key, value| ['created_at','updated_at','id'].include?(key)}.to_s.gsub(/[{}]/,'')})"
    end
  end
end