Add a to_conditions method to ActiveRecord::Base for converting models to finder :conditions hash.
// ActiveRecord::Base#find :conditions hash. Useful for comparing AR objects, especially when looking for
// duplicates.
// E.g.
//
// if not Post.find(:all, :conditions => my_post.conditions).empty?
// puts "Duplicate found"
// end
module Bezurk #:nodoc: module ActiveRecord #:nodoc: module Extensions def to_conditions attributes.inject({}) do |hash, (name, value)| hash.merge(name.intern => value) end end alias :to_conditions_hash :to_conditions end end end ActiveRecord::Base.send(:include, Bezurk::ActiveRecord::Extensions)