gistfile1.rb

module PrettyColumns
  def run_stuff(sql)
    result = ActiveRecord::Base.execute(sql)
    order_columns(result)
  end
  
  def order_columns(result)
    raise NotImplementedError
  end
end

class MyClass < ActiveRecord::Base
  include PrettyColumns

  def order_columns(result)
    my_results = []
    my_results << result[:name]
    my_results << result[:junk]
    my_results << result[:stuff]
    my_results
  end

end

# c = MyClass.new
# <MyClass::MemStuff>
# c.run_stuff("this is a sql query")
# ["Name", "Junk", "Stuff"]