From: Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@...>
Date: 2007-02-02T16:05:08+09:00
Subject: Re: How to Convert an Object into a Hash


On Feb 1, 2007, at 10:45 PM, Jason Vogel wrote:

> I have an object (happens to be an ActiveRecord Model), but this is
> not a Rails question.
>
> params = { :contract_id => contract_payment['contract_id'], :amount =>
> contract_payment['amount'] }
>
> params = contract_payment.to_hash  # This is what I want to do...
>
> I want to "automagically" convert the contract_payment object to a
> hash.
>
> I would really appreciate any help.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
>


	Since you are using ActiveRecord you can already get the attributes  
hash:

contract_payment.attributes

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