# Disable database support? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [January 28, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-database-support/127347 "2008-01-28T14:54:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anjelika](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@anjelika](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anjelika)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-database-support/127347/1 "2008-01-28T14:54:21Z")
Hello, By default a new rails project comes with database enabled (by adding -d option to your rails command when creating a new project you can change the DBMS, by defaulds it says it’s mysql but in rails 2.0.2 is sqlite??). Is there a way to avoid working with a database ? Commenting the development lines in ‘database.yml’ does not seem to work! Is there another way to do it? I am new to this and wanted to play a bit with ruby without interacting with a database yet, but I keep getting errors from configuration files unless I create that database (in mysql, my case). Thanks ---
**Author:** ![anjelika](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@anjelika](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anjelika)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-database-support/127347/2 "2008-01-29T06:02:04Z")
On Jan 28, 2008 8:54 AM, Cristian G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > By default a new rails project comes with database enabled (by adding > -d > option to your rails command when creating a new project you can > change > the DBMS, by defaulds it says it’s mysql but in rails 2.0.2 is > sqlite??). > Is there a way to avoid working with a database ? Commenting the > development lines in ‘database.yml’ does not seem to work! Is there > another way to do it? > I am new to this and wanted to play a bit with ruby without > interacting > with a database yet, but I keep getting errors from configuration > files > unless I create that database (in mysql, my case). You might try ActiveRecord in a console application first. There are some topics about “Railless ActiveRecord” or “ActiveRecord without Rails” in the mailing list. > **[O'Reilly Media - Technology and Business Training](https://www.oreilly.com?page=2)** > > Gain technology and business knowledge and hone your skills with learning resources created and curated by O'Reilly's experts: live online training, video, books, our platform has content from 200+ of the world's best publishers. explains AR in a console app. ---
**Author:** ![anjelika](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@anjelika](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anjelika)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-database-support/127347/3 "2008-01-29T01:24:46Z")
On Jan 28, 2008 8:54 AM, Cristian G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > By default a new rails project comes with database enabled (by adding -d > option to your rails command when creating a new project you can change > the DBMS, by defaulds it says it’s mysql but in rails 2.0.2 is > sqlite??). > Is there a way to avoid working with a database ? Commenting the > development lines in ‘database.yml’ does not seem to work! Is there > another way to do it? > I am new to this and wanted to play a bit with ruby without interacting > with a database yet, but I keep getting errors from configuration files > unless I create that database (in mysql, my case). Ruby != Rails. You don’t need Rails to play with Ruby. If you want to play with Rails without a database (for which there isn’t much point), you should ask on the Rails mailing list, not the Ruby mailing list. -austin