Update sample code to work with multiple databases

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Update sample code to work with multiple databases

We recommend ApplicationRecord instead of ActiveRecord::Base to remove ambiguity around cross-database transactions

https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/database/multiple_databases.html#removing-cross-database-transactions

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