ActsAsTableless

Create tableless activerecord objects that support associations and validations.

Install:

1. add gem 'acts_as_tableless' to your gemfile
2. run bundle install
3. add acts_as_tableless to a activerecord model

Usage:

 class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :shapes
  has_many :user_colors
  has_many :colors, :through => :user_colors
  has_one :size
  belongs_to :number
  attr_accessible :name, :number_id, :letter_id
end

class Color < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_tableless
  column :id, :integer
  column :name, :string
  attr_accessible :id, :name
  belongs_to :user_colors
end

class Letter < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_tableless
  column :id, :integer
  column :name, :string
  column :user_id, :integer
  attr_accessible :id, :name, :user_id
  has_and_belongs_to_many :users
end

class Number < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_tableless
  column :id, :integer
  column :name, :string
  attr_accessible :id, :name
  has_many :users
end

class Shape < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_tableless
  column :id, :integer
  column :name, :string
  column :user_id, :integer
  attr_accessible :id, :name, :user_id
  belongs_to :user
end

class Size < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_tableless
  column :id, :integer
  column :name, :string
  column :user_id, :integer
  attr_accessible :id, :name, :user_id
  belongs_to :user
end

class UserColor < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :user
  belongs_to :color
  attr_accessible :user_id, :color_id
end

Examples:

@user = User.create(:name => "User")

@user.shapes.create(:name => "Octagon")		#=> #<Shape id: 1, name: "Octagon", user_id: 1>

@user.colors << Color.create([{:name => "Green"},{:name => "Blue"}])		#=> [#<Color id: 1, name: "Green">, #<Color id: 2, name: "Blue">]

@user.size.create(:name => "Large")		#=> #<Size id: 1, name: "Large", user_id: 1>

@user.number = Number.create(name: "One")		#=> #<Number id: 1, name: "One">

More stuff in the test file.

Notes:

This gem relies on String#singularize which is known to have some problems. To correct errors such as:

uninitialized constant Statu (NameError)

please add something similar to:

ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
inflect.singular("statuses", "status")
inflect.singular("status", "status")
end

to your environment.rb file before the Application.initialize! line