# Disable database support? **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [28 January 2008 13:54 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/disable-database-support/44082 "2008-01-28T13:54:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cristian\_Gradisteanu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/0ea827/32.png) [@Cristian\_Gradisteanu](https://rubytalk.org/u/Cristian_Gradisteanu)\ **Post date:** [28 January 2008 13:54 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/disable-database-support/44082/1 "2008-01-28T13:54:16Z")
Hello, By default a new rails project comes with database enabled (by adding -d option to your rails command when creating a new project you can change the DBMS, by defaulds it says it's mysql but in rails 2.0.2 is sqlite??). Is there a way to avoid working with a database ? Commenting the development lines in 'database.yml' does not seem to work! Is there another way to do it? I am new to this and wanted to play a bit with ruby without interacting with a database yet, but I keep getting errors from configuration files unless I create that database (in mysql, my case). Thanks > **···** > > -- > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Austin\_Ziegler5](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/rubytalk.org/austin_ziegler5/32/1985_2.png) [@Austin\_Ziegler5](https://rubytalk.org/u/Austin_Ziegler5)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2008 00:23 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/disable-database-support/44082/2 "2008-01-29T00:23:45Z")
Ruby != Rails. You don't need Rails to play with Ruby. If you want to play with Rails without a database (for which there isn't much point), you should ask on the Rails mailing list, not the Ruby mailing list. -austin > **···** > > On Jan 28, 2008 8:54 AM, Cristian Gradisteanu \ wrote: > > > By default a new rails project comes with database enabled (by adding -d > > option to your rails command when creating a new project you can change > > the DBMS, by defaulds it says it's mysql but in rails 2.0.2 is > > sqlite??). > > Is there a way to avoid working with a database ? Commenting the > > development lines in 'database.yml' does not seem to work! Is there > > another way to do it? > > I am new to this and wanted to play a bit with ruby without interacting > > with a database yet, but I keep getting errors from configuration files > > unless I create that database (in mysql, my case). > > -- > Austin Ziegler \* halostatue@gmail.com \* [http://www.halostatue.ca/](http://www.halostatue.ca/) >                \* austin@halostatue.ca \* [You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. // halo • statue](http://www.halostatue.ca/feed/) >                \* austin@zieglers.ca ---
**Author:** ![Thomas\_Wieczorek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@Thomas\_Wieczorek](https://rubytalk.org/u/Thomas_Wieczorek)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2008 05:01 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/disable-database-support/44082/3 "2008-01-29T05:01:18Z")
You might try ActiveRecord in a console application first. There are some topics about "Railless ActiveRecord" or "ActiveRecord without Rails" in the mailing list. [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/ruby/2007/06/21/how-to-build-simple-console-apps-with-ruby-and-activerecord.html?page=2](http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/ruby/2007/06/21/how-to-build-simple-console-apps-with-ruby-and-activerecord.html?page=2) explains AR in a console app. > **···** > > On Jan 28, 2008 8:54 AM, Cristian Gradisteanu \<[gradisteanuc@yahoo.com](mailto:gradisteanuc@yahoo.com)\> wrote: > \> By default a new rails project comes with database enabled (by adding -d > \> option to your rails command when creating a new project you can change > \> the DBMS, by defaulds it says it's mysql but in rails 2.0.2 is > \> sqlite??). > \> Is there a way to avoid working with a database ? Commenting the > \> development lines in 'database.yml' does not seem to work! Is there > \> another way to do it? > \> I am new to this and wanted to play a bit with ruby without interacting > \> with a database yet, but I keep getting errors from configuration files > \> unless I create that database (in mysql, my case). > \>