require 'rubygems'
require 'active_record'

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
  :adapter => 'mysql',
  :database => 'forumreader_development',
  :username => 'root',
  :password => '',
  :host => 'localhost'
)


#Make a class for each table in the database
ActiveRecord::Base.connection.tables.each do |table|

    #Create a subclass of active record with the singular name of the
    #the table.
    klass = Class.new(ActiveRecord::Base) do
      @name = table.singularize.capitalize
    end

    #Explicitly set the name of the table just incase pluralization would fails.
    klass.set_table_name table

    #Register a constant for each class that is the
    #capitalized singularization of the table name
    Object.const_set table.singularize.capitalize, klass

end

forums = Forum.find(:all, :select => [:title])
puts forums.first.attribute_names