this is the main script

form.erb

hello from the view

<form action="/form" method="post">
  <input type="text" name="name">
  <input type="submit">
</form>

main.rb

require 'sinatra'
require 'sinatra/activerecord'
require "sinatra/reloader" if development?
require 'active_record'

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
  :adapter => 'sqlite3',
  :database =>  'sinatra_application.sqlite3.db'
)

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible :name
end

get '/' do
  @nick = Time.now
  erb :index
end

get '/hello/:name' do
 "Hello there, #{params[:name]}." 
end

get '/form' do
  erb :form
end

post '/form' do 
	name = params[:name]
	
	User.create(:name => "#{name}")
	#@user.name = params[:name]
	#@user.save
end