Rails - May 2006 - ActionMailer w/o database link (e.g., feedback form)

Hey,

A total noobieQ. Apologies, still learning.

Could anyone point me to examples of a non-database-driven feedback 
form, for instance, a simple e-mail feedback form that takes advantage 
of ActionMailer? (How do I carry a POST through to a ''def'' w/o
a
database connection?)

Thanks!


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Rails Recipe 64, "Validating Non-Active Record Objects," in Chad
Fowler''s
"Rails Recipes" offers one solution. Another is to use an in-memory
SQLite
database as shown in the code below. Assuming the ClaimStatus model, you can
then create a ClaimStatusController, and associated views just as though you
were using a database.

# model.rb
class ClaimStatus < ActiveRecord::Base
  unless const_defined? :SQLITE_SETUP
    SQLITE_SETUP = true
    #self.establish_connection(:adapter => ''sqlite'',
:dbfile=> '':memory:'')
# use if sqlite3 gem not installed
    self.establish_connection(:adapter => ''sqlite3'',
:dbfile=> '':memory:'')
    conn = self.connection
    conn.create_table(self.table_name,
    :primary_key => self.primary_key) do |t|
      #first section
      t.column :full_name,          :string
      t.column :date_of_loss,       :date
      t.column :claim_number,       :string 
      t.column :adjuster_name,      :string
      t.column :contact_method,     :string
      t.column :additional_details, :text
    end
  end
  
  attr_accessible :full_name
  attr_accessible :date_of_loss
  attr_accessible :claim_number
  attr_accessible :adjuster_name
  attr_accessible :contact_method
  attr_accessible :additional_details
  
  validates_presence_of :full_name, :date_of_loss
  
  private
  def validate
    unless attributes_before_type_cast[''date_of_loss''] =~
/^(\d+(-|\/)){2}\d{4}/
      errors.add(''date_of_loss'', ''use the form:
mm/dd/yyyy'')
    end
  end
end

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