It's certainly common enough to make models and controllers that aren't backed by ActiveRecord models.
The standard front controller is an example of a controller that isn't backed by an ActiveRecord model. I see too basic approaches that you can take: 1) Use hobo_controller in your controller, and add actions manually. It can reference "models" of your choosing, but that's entirely controlled by you. 2) Use hobo_model_controller in your controller, and name it corresponding to an object that doesn't derive from ActiveRecord::Base. Then keep fixing invalid function errors on the model until things work. For instance, one function that would have to be implemented would be "attributes=" #1 is fairly straightforward. You'd have to add your own create, update, delete actions, etc., but that's not difficult. I believe #2 is possible, but I'm not sure how much work it is. It's quite possible that this will expose some Hobo issues, the fixing of which will help us get ready for Rails 3. cheers, Bryan Venka Ashtakala wrote: > Hello all > > I want to be able to create a hobo model that doesn't actually > correspond to a database table, what I want to do is use this dummy > model when I am creating forms in hobo, and the data in the forms > doesn't need to be saved in the database, but just be processed by an > action in my controller. > I tried to google for some information on this and didn't find any, then > I tried to use this plugin: > http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/activerecord_base_without_table > in conjunction with hobo but that didn't work out for me since I wasn't > able to specify the types for the 'columns' in my model. (There were > other issues as well ) Has anyone tried to do this and had any luck? > > Thanks > Venka > > -- > Venka Ashtakala, B.Eng, G.C. Eng > Venka Ashtakala & Associates > Software Development Consultants > Office: +1-703-596-0287 > Fax: +1-815-550-1356 > Mobile: +91 9886304317 > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" 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/hobousers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
