# Form validation \_without\_ activerecord

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-validation-without-activerecord/48526>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 21, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-validation-without-activerecord/48526 "2005-11-21T22:47:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![pertl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@pertl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pertl)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-validation-without-activerecord/48526/1 "2005-11-21T22:47:31Z")

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Hi guys!

I really like to form validation feature of ActiveRecord.

However, what is the most natural way in rails to form-validate  
if you don’t have a model?

Best regards  
Peter

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**Author:** ![pertl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@pertl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pertl)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-validation-without-activerecord/48526/2 "2005-11-21T23:31:45Z")

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Hi,

validations are rather tightly integrated into ActiveRecord so  
validations without a model might be quite a lot of work.

However, if you want a ‘table-less’ model, then railsweenie apparently  
has the answer:

[http://tinyurl.com/b9926](http://tinyurl.com/b9926)

Regards,  
Trevor

On 21-Nov-05, at 1:43 PM, Pete wrote:

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–  
Trevor S.  
[http://somethinglearned.com](http://somethinglearned.com)

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**Author:** ![pertl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@pertl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pertl)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-validation-without-activerecord/48526/3 "2005-11-22T07:54:29Z")

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I asked this question just a short while ago. You can read about it at:

[http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/1559#1109](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/1559#1109)

I’m using the solution right now and it works great.

Steve