ActiveRecord select except columns

Question

Is there a way I can specify to select ALL columns in ActiveRecord except just a few. For example, for a User, I don\'t want to select their password hash or their email. Is

Answer 1

Something like this?

exclude_columns = ['password', 'email']
columns = User.attribute_names.delete_if(|x| exclude_columns.include?(x))

User.select(columns)

EDIT

I forgot that we can do Array1 - Array2

A best answer:

exclude_columns = ['password', 'email']
columns = User.attribute_names - exclude_columns

User.select(columns)