# to\_xml ignore fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/to-xml-ignore-fields/21632>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [December 12, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/to-xml-ignore-fields/21632 "2007-12-12T21:46:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jason\_Roelofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Jason\_Roelofs](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Jason_Roelofs)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/to-xml-ignore-fields/21632/1 "2007-12-12T21:46:49Z")

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@people.to\_xml(:except =\> [:id])

[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Serialization.html#M001113](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Serialization.html#M001113)

Jason