ActiveRecord to Valdtion + Update data ?

When creating a registration form extends to CFormModel class, I usually use as a class to handle data validation.

while for the database I create a file more that I extends from ActiveRecord.

whether the yii can use ActiveRecord just to be able to validate and update the data ?

because some time ago I tried to make Activerecord only, and does not work.

thanks

take a look at any CRUD example - actions "create" and "update" do validation using CActiveRecord model…