Using ActiveRecord Outside of Rails

Using ActiveRecord outside of Rails

require "rubygems"
require_gem "activerecord"

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection (
  :adapter => "mysql",
  :host => "localhost",
  :username => "root",
  :database => "HumanResources")

class Employee < ActiveRecord::Base
end

employee = Employee.new
employee.first_name = "Fred"
employee.last_name = "Flinstone"
employee.save