# Help: find with except or only attributes

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-find-with-except-or-only-attributes/193628>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 20, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-find-with-except-or-only-attributes/193628 "2010-08-20T20:46:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![tomtt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@tomtt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tomtt)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-find-with-except-or-only-attributes/193628/1 "2010-08-20T20:46:51Z")

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hi,

is there a way of returning not all columns when doin a find? i know u  
can  
do that eg with the to\_xml(:only=\> …, :except=\> …  
but how would i do that with html?

thx