Why does Rails 3 with Mysql2 Gem ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(sql) return Array not Hash?

Question

I\'m in the process of upgrading an application to Rails 3. I\'ve decided to go with the mysql2 gem. There\'s some legacy code in the app that makes calls like:

Answer 1

If you just want to reuse the database.yml configuration, you can do this:

config = ActiveRecord::Base.configurations[RAILS_ENV].symbolize_keys
conn = Mysql2::Client.new(config)
conn.query("select * from users").each do |user|
  # user should be a hash
end