Question

I have a simple database table called ‘Entries’:

class CreateEntries < ActiveRecord::Migration   def self.up     create_table :entries do |t|       t.string :firstName       t.string :lastName       #etc.       t.timestamps     end   end    def self.down     drop_table :entries   end end 

How do I write a handler that will return the contents of the Entries table as a CSV file (ideally in a way that it will automatically open in Excel)?

class EntriesController < ApplicationController    def getcsv     @entries = Entry.find( :all )      # ??? NOW WHAT ????    end  end 

Answer 1

There is a plugin called FasterCSV that handles this wonderfully.