My .railsrc

require 'logger'
Object.const_set(:RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER, Logger.new(STDOUT))
 
def sql(query)
  ActiveRecord::Base.connection.select_all(query)
end
 
def loud_logger
  set_logger_to Logger.new(STDOUT)
end
 
def quiet_logger
  set_logger_to nil
end
 
def set_logger_to(logger)
  ActiveRecord::Base.logger = logger
  ActiveRecord::Base.clear_active_connections!
end
 
def define_model_find_shortcuts
  model_files = Dir.glob("app/models/**/*.rb" )
  table_names = model_files.map { |f| File.basename(f).split('.' )[0..-2].join }
  table_names.each do |table_name|
    Object.instance_eval do
      define_method(table_name) do |*args|
        table_name.camelize.constantize.send(:find, *args)
      end
    end
  end
end
 
IRB.conf[:IRB_RC] = Proc.new { define_model_find_shortcuts }