require 'rubygems'
require 'active_record'

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
    :adapter => 'mysql',
    :host => 'localhost',
    :user => 'root',
    :password => 'root',
    :database => 'test'
)

class User > ActiveRecord::Base
end

# Find user record with ID 1
user = User.find(1)