DistroPropaganda/code/rails41/e1/ar/dump_serialize_table.rb

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$: << File.dirname(__FILE__)
require 'connect'

require 'rubygems'
require 'active_record'
require 'pp'

ActiveRecord::Schema.define do
  create_table :purchases, :force => true do |t|
    t.string :name
    t.text   :last_five
  end
end

class Purchase < ActiveRecord::Base
  serialize :last_five
  # ...
end

purchase = Purchase.new
purchase.name = "Dave Thomas"
purchase.last_five = [ 'shoes', 'shirt', 'socks', 'ski mask', 'shorts' ]
purchase.save

purchase = Purchase.find_by_name("Dave Thomas")
pp purchase.last_five
pp purchase.last_five[3]