How to test for (ActiveRecord) object equality

Question

In Ruby 1.9.2 on Rails 3.0.3, I\'m attempting to test for object equality between two Friend (class inherits from ActiveRecord::

Answer 1

 META = [:id, :created_at, :updated_at, :interacted_at, :confirmed_at]

 def eql_attributes?(original,new)
   original = original.attributes.with_indifferent_access.except(*META)
   new = new.attributes.symbolize_keys.with_indifferent_access.except(*META)
   original == new
 end

 eql_attributes? attrs, attrs2