ActiveRecord::Base Without Table

Question

This came up a bit ago ( rails model attributes without corresponding column in db ) but it looks like the Rails plugin mentioned is not maintained ( http://agilewebdevelopm

Answer 1

Just an addition to the accepted answer:

Make your subclasses inherit the parent columns with:

class FakeAR < ActiveRecord::Base
  def self.inherited(subclass)
    subclass.instance_variable_set("@columns", columns)
    super
  end

  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

  # Overrides save to prevent exceptions.
  def save(validate = true)
    validate ? valid? : true
  end
end