A enhanced version of a Rails 2 Tableless model

contacts.rb

# Demonstration

class Contact < Tabless
  column :name, :string
  column :address, :string
end

tableless.rb

class Tableless < ActiveRecord::Base
  
    def self.columns
      @columns ||= [];
    end

    def self.column(name, sql_type = nil, default = nil, null = true)
      columns << ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column.new(name.to_s, default, sql_type.to_s, null)
    end
    
    def self.inspect
      "#<#{ self.to_s } #{ columns.collect{ |c| "#{c.name.to_s}: #{c.type.to_s}"  }.join(' ') }>"
    end

    def save(validate = true)
      validate ? valid? : true
    end
    
end