Date null when saving model

Rails
#1

Hi,
I must be doing something dumb, but I can’t figure this out.

The following code:

customer = Customer.new(:name => ‘Ray’, :date_created =>
Time.now.to_s(:db))
customer.save!

Always results in the error ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid: Validation
failed: Date created can’t be null

Yet, this code works fine:
customer = Customer.new(:name => ‘Ray’)
customer.date_created = Time.now.to_s(:db)
customer.save!

Is there something I’m doing wrong that is preventing me from putting
everything in the new method?
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Ray

#2

Raymond O’Connor wrote:

failed: Date created can’t be null

Yet, this code works fine:
customer = Customer.new(:name => ‘Ray’)
customer.date_created = Time.now.to_s(:db)
customer.save!

Is there something I’m doing wrong that is preventing me from putting
everything in the new method?

Have you excluded date_created from mass updates via attr_accessible
or attr_protected? If so, the second method is the only way that
currently works, however I’d like to see new_unsafe, create_unsafe,
build_unsafe, attributes_unsafe=, and update_attributes_unsafe methods
that bypass protection for use in internal processing.

The other alternative is some problem with your Customer.initialize
code.

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#3

Raymond O’Connor wrote:

Hi,
I must be doing something dumb, but I can’t figure this out.

The following code:

customer = Customer.new(:name => ‘Ray’, :date_created =>

Remember you can use “created_at” which will insert the date for you
automatic :slight_smile: