model-less sql

rubyonrails-talk
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I feel stupid... but here goes:

How do I write and execute SQL without a model? I just want to insert (or select) some various information but don't want to bother with a model class and save() method, etc....

i want:

sql = "insert into table values (stuff)" execute(sql)

or

sql = "select * from modelless table" result_array = execute(sql)

2

ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(sql)

3

thank you