Question: Ok so i have the string "Product". 

```
table_name = "Product"

```

I cant do 

```
table_name.new

undefined method `new

```

So i was trying to find a work around like this 

```
table_name = table_name.downcase.pluralize
name = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.tables.select { |t| t == table_name }.first
name.new

```

I am not sure this will work but even if it does it looks like a hack, any ideas to clean this up

Answer: 
If you want to avoid calling `eval` you can also do 

`"product".camelize.constantize.new`
try this:

```
(instance_eval table_name).new

```