xHire-activerecord-tableless

ActiveRecord Tableless

A single implementation of the ActiveRecord Tableless pattern for any Rails project or other Ruby project that uses ActiveRecord.

Define a model like this:

class ContactMessage < ActiveRecord::Base has_no_table column :name, :string column :email, :string validates_presence_of :name, :email end

You can now use the model in a view like this:

<%= form_for :message, @message do |f| %> Your name: <%= f.text_field :name %> Your email: <%= f.text_field :email %> <% end %>

And in the controller:

def message @message = ContactMessage.new if request.post? @message.attributes = params[:message] if @message.valid? # Process the message... end end end

Credits

Michal Zima [e-mail] Kenneth Kalmer [e-mail] (original author)