# Can I have a model being populated from an rss feed instad of a db table?

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 4, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-have-a-model-being-populated-from-an-rss-feed-instad-of-a-db-table/147698 "2008-09-04T11:39:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![HaNNiBaL80](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@HaNNiBaL80](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/HaNNiBaL80)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-have-a-model-being-populated-from-an-rss-feed-instad-of-a-db-table/147698/1 "2008-09-04T11:39:43Z")

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I’m developing an app, that will read data from a db, but in a few  
months I have to change it to read from xml feeds .

If anyone has done something similar or has some ideas on this, I  
would apreciate some hints.

Than you all.