On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Fernando Perez <[email protected]>wrote: Here is what I do:
class Tableless < ActiveRecord::Base def self.columns @columns ||= []; end def self.column(name, sql_type = nil, default = nil, null = true) columns << ActiveRecord:: > > ConnectionAdapters::Column.new(name.to_s, > default, sql_type.to_s, null) > end > end > > Class Contact < Tableless > column :address, :string > column :message, :text > > validates_presence_of :message, :address > end > > > It works perfectly in Rails 2.3.8, it might break in Rails 3 I haven't > tested yet. Thanks Fernando. That is exactly what I was doing (but getting an error) but your telling me it works perfectly for you made me look further and I found an error in a field name that I was validating --- so now all works well. Good to have confirmation that this structure is being used successfully by others. David On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Fernando Perez <[email protected]>wrote: > Here is what I do: > > class Tableless < ActiveRecord::Base > def self.columns > @columns ||= []; > end > > def self.column(name, sql_type = nil, default = nil, null = true) > columns << ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column.new(name.to_s, > default, sql_type.to_s, null) > end > end > > Class Contact < Tableless > column :address, :string > column :message, :text > > validates_presence_of :message, :address > end > > > It works perfectly in Rails 2.3.8, it might break in Rails 3 I haven't > tested yet. > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
