# Disable use of database in Rails app

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-use-of-database-in-rails-app/131395>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 9, 2008, 8:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-use-of-database-in-rails-app/131395 "2008-03-09T08:39:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![fso1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/8e8cbc/32.png) [@fso1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fso1)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 8:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-use-of-database-in-rails-app/131395/1 "2008-03-09T08:39:33Z")

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I am creating a webapp that requires the use of models but does not  
require actually saving to the database.

With ActiveRecords, is there a setting to not require an actual data  
store?

Thanks in advance for any pointers.

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**Author:** ![fso1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/8e8cbc/32.png) [@fso1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fso1)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-use-of-database-in-rails-app/131395/2 "2008-03-09T14:25:59Z")

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On 9 Mar 2008, at 07:38, fso1 wrote:

> I am creating a webapp that requires the use of models but does not  
> require actually saving to the database.
> 
> With ActiveRecords, is there a setting to not require an actual data  
> store?

You can just not load activerecord. ( config.frameworks -=  
[:active\_record] in environment.rb. There’s a little more messing  
around if you’re still on 1.x)

Fred

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**Author:** ![fso1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/8e8cbc/32.png) [@fso1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fso1)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-use-of-database-in-rails-app/131395/3 "2008-03-09T17:26:18Z")

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On Sat, 2008-03-08 at 23:38 -0800, fso1 wrote:

> I am creating a webapp that requires the use of models but does not  
> require actually saving to the database.
> 
> With ActiveRecords, is there a setting to not require an actual data  
> store?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any pointers.

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I have used this plugin…

[http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/activerecord\_base\_without\_table](http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/activerecord_base_without_table)

with success but that is to create Models that don’t actually store any  
data, not for a complete web application.

Craig