Rails aliasing of database column names (See related posts)

   1  
   2  module Legacy
   3    def self.append_features(base)
   4      super
   5      base.extend(ClassMethods)
   6    end
   7    module ClassMethods
   8      def alias_column(options)
   9        options.each do |new_name, old_name|
  10          self.send(:define_method, new_name) { self.send(old_name) }
  11          self.send(:define_method, "#{new_name}=") { |value| self.send("#{old_name}=", value) }
  12        end
  13      end
  14    end
  15  end
  16  
  17  ActiveRecord::Base.class_eval do
  18    include Legacy
  19  end