Exports Active Record objects to CSV

export_objects_to_csv.rb

# Copy to Rails console and call with a class parameter. Assumes
# /var/tmp exists and is writable
require 'csv'

def export_objects(klass)
  objects = klass.last(10000)
  CSV.open("/var/tmp/#{klass}.csv", 'w') do |row|
    row << klass.attribute_names
    objects.each do |o|
      row << o.attributes.values
    end
  end
end