@@ -4,3 +4,32 @@ ActiveRecord Tableless Models A single implementation of the ActiveRecord Tableless Model 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 + + README c4aa61ede7031350c5d473f0eec26be1abc96888 Stan skamithi@gmail.com http://github.com/kennethkalmer/activerecord-tableless-models/commit/af6075d9f743e711effb704ae18ba264fec49e28 af6075d9f743e711effb704ae18ba264fec49e28 2009-08-03T11:41:28-07:00 2009-03-20T08:09:20-07:00 add some details to the README from the authors website Signed-off-by: Kenneth Kalmer <kenneth.kalmer@gmail.com> d53463430546e0741740ee55e006e1795ebc4010 Kenneth Kalmer kenneth.kalmer@gmail.com