If you find yourself needing to write a Rails application without a database, just do the following:

For Rails 1.0 and up:
config/environment.rb:

config.frameworks -= [ :active_record ]

test/test_helper.rb

class Test::Unit::TestCase
  self.use_transactional_fixtures = false
  self.use_instantiated_fixtures  = false
  def load_fixtures
  end
end

For Rails 2.1 and up: Comment out both of the lines that begin with ActiveRecord::Base in config/initializers/new_rails_defaults.rb:

if defined?(ActiveRecord)
  # Include Active Record class name as root for JSON serialized output.
  # ActiveRecord::Base.include_root_in_json = true
 
  # Store the full class name (including module namespace) in STI type column.
  # ActiveRecord::Base.store_full_sti_class = true
end

For more details, review the full article on rubyonrails.org.

Writing a Ruby on Rails application without using a database is a post from: Major Hayden's Racker Hacker blog.

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Go to your domain that you want to adjust, and click Setup. Make sure the CGI and FastCGI options are enabled. Pick a name for your application and make the directory for your application in the httpdocs directory. Upload your files to that directory.

Once you've done that, create an .htaccess file in the httpdocs directory with the following text inside:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^$ /public/index.html [L]
RewriteCond % !^/railsapp/public
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /public/$1 [L]
RewriteCond % !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/dispatch.fcgi/$1 [QSA,L]

Remove the .htaccess file within the public directory of your application and add a file called dispatch.fcgi to that directory which contains:

#!/usr/bin/ruby

You should be able to access your application at http://domain.com/railsapp/.

Enabling Ruby on Rails support for a domain in Plesk is a post from: Major Hayden's Racker Hacker blog.

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