require 'rubygems'
require_gem 'activerecord'

class BooksToDo < ActiveRecord::Base
     set_table_name "books"
end

class UsersInfo < ActiveRecord::Base
     set_table_name "users"
end

# This gets my database config
@dbs = YAML::load(ERB.new(IO.read("/home/myname/config/database.yml")).result)

# to slurp records into production db, change this line to production.
curr_db = @dbs["development"]

# these parameters are mysql-specific, figure out how to improve
ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(:adapter => curr_db["adapter"], :database => curr_db["database"],:host => curr_db["host"], :username => curr_db["username"], :password => curr_db["password"])

generate = BooksToDo.find(:all, :conditions => "status=0")

for book in generate

 # do whatever

end