ruby on rails - ActiveRecord select except columns

Question

Is there a way I can specify to select ALL columns in ActiveRecord except just a few. For example, for a User, I don't want to select their password hash or their email. Is this possible or do I have to manually hardcode all columns?

Thanks

Answer 1

write a scope like

def select_without columns
  select(column_names - columns.map(&:to_s))
end