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  1. # require 'rubygems' if using this outside of Rails
  2. require 'fastercsv'
  3.  
  4. def dump_csv
  5.   @users = User.find(:all, :order => "lastname ASC")
  6.   @outfile = "members_" + Time.now.strftime("%m-%d-%Y") + ".csv"
  7.  
  8.   csv_data = FasterCSV.generate do |csv|
  9.     csv << [
  10.     "Last Name",
  11.     "First Name",
  12.     "Username",
  13.     "Email",
  14.     "Company",
  15.     "Phone",
  16.     "Fax",
  17.     "Address",
  18.     "City",
  19.     "State",
  20.     "Zip Code"
  21.     ]
  22.     @users.each do |user|
  23.       csv << [
  24.       user.lastname,
  25.       user.firstname,
  26.       user.username,
  27.       user.email,
  28.       user.company,
  29.       user.phone,
  30.       user.fax,
  31.       user.address + " " + user.cb_addresstwo,
  32.       user.city,
  33.       user.state,
  34.       user.zip
  35.       ]
  36.     end
  37.   end
  38.  
  39.   send_data csv_data,
  40.     :type => 'text/csv; charset=iso-8859-1; header=present',
  41.     :disposition => "attachment; filename=#{@outfile}"
  42.  
  43.   flash[:notice] = "Export complete!"
  44. end

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