require "activerecord" unless defined?(ActiveRecord)

module ActiveRecord
  class Base
    class << self
      def collect_for_select(*args)
        options = args.extract_options!
        options = options.delete_if { |k,v| k == :as }

        if collection = find((args.first.is_a?(Array) ? args.first : :all), options)
          return collection.collect do |c|
                    if c.respond_to?(options[:as])
                      [c.send(options[:as]), c.id]
                    elsif c.respond_to?(:name)
                      [c.name, c.id]
                    else
                      [c.id, c.id]
                    end
                  end # of collect
        else
          return [[]]
        end # of if collection...
      end
    end
  end
end