Module ActiveRecord::Persistence
In: lib/active_record/persistence.rb

Active Record Persistence

Methods

Public Instance methods

Returns an instance of the specified klass with the attributes of the current record. This is mostly useful in relation to single-table inheritance structures where you want a subclass to appear as the superclass. This can be used along with record identification in Action Pack to allow, say, Client < Company to do something like render :partial => @client.becomes(Company) to render that instance using the companies/company partial instead of clients/client.

Note: The new instance will share a link to the same attributes as the original class. So any change to the attributes in either instance will affect the other.

Initializes attribute to zero if nil and subtracts the value passed as by (default is 1). The decrement is performed directly on the underlying attribute, no setter is invoked. Only makes sense for number-based attributes. Returns self.

Wrapper around decrement that saves the record. This method differs from its non-bang version in that it passes through the attribute setter. Saving is not subjected to validation checks. Returns true if the record could be saved.

Deletes the record in the database and freezes this instance to reflect that no changes should be made (since they can‘t be persisted). Returns the frozen instance.

The row is simply removed with an SQL DELETE statement on the record‘s primary key, and no callbacks are executed.

To enforce the object‘s before_destroy and after_destroy callbacks, Observer methods, or any :dependent association options, use destroy.

Deletes the record in the database and freezes this instance to reflect that no changes should be made (since they can‘t be persisted).

Returns true if this object has been destroyed, otherwise returns false.

Initializes attribute to zero if nil and adds the value passed as by (default is 1). The increment is performed directly on the underlying attribute, no setter is invoked. Only makes sense for number-based attributes. Returns self.

Wrapper around increment that saves the record. This method differs from its non-bang version in that it passes through the attribute setter. Saving is not subjected to validation checks. Returns true if the record could be saved.

Returns true if this object hasn‘t been saved yet — that is, a record for the object doesn‘t exist in the data store yet; otherwise, returns false.

Returns if the record is persisted, i.e. it‘s not a new record and it was not destroyed.

Reloads the attributes of this object from the database. The optional options argument is passed to find when reloading so you may do e.g. record.reload(:lock => true) to reload the same record with an exclusive row lock.

Saves the model.

If the model is new a record gets created in the database, otherwise the existing record gets updated.

By default, save always run validations. If any of them fail the action is cancelled and save returns false. However, if you supply :validate => false, validations are bypassed altogether. See ActiveRecord::Validations for more information.

There‘s a series of callbacks associated with save. If any of the before_* callbacks return false the action is cancelled and save returns false. See ActiveRecord::Callbacks for further details.

Saves the model.

If the model is new a record gets created in the database, otherwise the existing record gets updated.

With save! validations always run. If any of them fail ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid gets raised. See ActiveRecord::Validations for more information.

There‘s a series of callbacks associated with save!. If any of the before_* callbacks return false the action is cancelled and save! raises ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved. See ActiveRecord::Callbacks for further details.

Assigns to attribute the boolean opposite of attribute?. So if the predicate returns true the attribute will become false. This method toggles directly the underlying value without calling any setter. Returns self.

Wrapper around toggle that saves the record. This method differs from its non-bang version in that it passes through the attribute setter. Saving is not subjected to validation checks. Returns true if the record could be saved.

Saves the record with the updated_at/on attributes set to the current time. Please note that no validation is performed and no callbacks are executed. If an attribute name is passed, that attribute is updated along with updated_at/on attributes.

  product.touch               # updates updated_at/on
  product.touch(:designed_at) # updates the designed_at attribute and updated_at/on

If used along with belongs_to then touch will invoke touch method on associated object.

  class Brake < ActiveRecord::Base
    belongs_to :car, :touch => true
  end

  class Car < ActiveRecord::Base
    belongs_to :corporation, :touch => true
  end

  # triggers @brake.car.touch and @brake.car.corporation.touch
  @brake.touch

Updates a single attribute and saves the record. This is especially useful for boolean flags on existing records. Also note that

  • Validation is skipped.
  • Callbacks are invoked.
  • updated_at/updated_on column is updated if that column is available.
  • Updates all the attributes that are dirty in this object.

Updates the attributes of the model from the passed-in hash and saves the record, all wrapped in a transaction. If the object is invalid, the saving will fail and false will be returned.

When updating model attributes, mass-assignment security protection is respected. If no +:as+ option is supplied then the +:default+ role will be used. If you want to bypass the protection given by attr_protected and attr_accessible then you can do so using the +:without_protection+ option.

Updates its receiver just like update_attributes but calls save! instead of save, so an exception is raised if the record is invalid.

Updates a single attribute of an object, without calling save.

  • Validation is skipped.
  • Callbacks are skipped.
  • updated_at/updated_on column is not updated if that column is available.

[Validate]