From: Damphyr <damphyr@...>
Date: 2006-11-22T04:41:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Active Record out of rails: still assumes id?

Chris Gallagher wrote:
> unknown wrote:
> 
> I solved this by just throwing in the id field. Wasnt really a big thing 
> to do.
> 
I'm actually using active record in a similar fashion. I just want the 
ORM (with the thinking that at some point in the very near future I can 
use Rails to give me a nice frontend for my data).

The one thing I miss is the whole Rails infrastructure for putting the 
db schema in YAML and automating the migrations, but I would still 
recommend using migrations, even if you have to code them.
That way all the nice :has_many etc. works without thinking.
That said, I still structured the app using the Rails conventions so 
that when I use Rails I can dump my coded migrations and leverage the 
scripts.
Btw. Agile Web Development with Rails, 2nd ed (the beta book) is an 
enormous help for figuring things out, even if you just want to use 
active record :).
And no, I have no affiliation whatsoever with Andy or Dave :)
Cheers,
V.-

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