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Asked: May 20, 20262026-05-20T03:11:42+00:00 2026-05-20T03:11:42+00:00

I know that Person.find(:all) returns an array of Person objects but is there somehow

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I know that Person.find(:all) returns an array of Person objects but is there somehow I can just get ‘name’ property of all people in the Person table?

Something like

        Person.find(:all).names
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    2026-05-20T03:11:43+00:00Added an answer on May 20, 2026 at 3:11 am

    Use :select to retrieve only specific attributes.

    Person.all(:select => :name)
    

    Would give you person objects that only have the name attribute initialized. Then you can map/collect that attribute to get the array of names.

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