Associating ActiveRecord and non-ActiveRecord objects

Rails
1

Is it possible to define a model that is not backed by a database
table and still relate other models to it? Will relations between
instances of these models persist?

For instance, say I have a Cat model that does not inherit from
ActiveRecord and an Owner model that does. Can I assign a particular
cat to an owner? The next time I load the app will that pair be
remembered?

2

No.

Unless you roll your own solution or persist the cat at the database
in a way or another.

Maurício Linhares
http://alinhavado.wordpress.com/ (pt-br) | http://blog.codevader.com/
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