# How can i know weather a record is saved or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 6, 2009, 6:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-know-weather-a-record-is-saved-or-not/162139 "2009-03-06T06:20:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SSZSmSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SSZSmSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSZSmSS)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 6:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-know-weather-a-record-is-saved-or-not/162139/1 "2009-03-06T06:20:44Z")
after creating a new record of a model , using new() is there any way to know weather an record is saved to dataabase of is it still in β€œnew” state ? ---
**Author:** ![SSZSmSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SSZSmSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSZSmSS)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 6:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-know-weather-a-record-is-saved-or-not/162139/2 "2009-03-06T06:27:44Z")
creating a new record of a model , using new() does not save it to database until called save ---
**Author:** ![SSZSmSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SSZSmSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSZSmSS)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-know-weather-a-record-is-saved-or-not/162139/3 "2009-03-06T08:17:25Z")
Sijo Kg wrote: > creating a new record of a model , using new() does not save it to > database until called save recrod.save? will return Boolean. ---
**Author:** ![SSZSmSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SSZSmSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSZSmSS)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-know-weather-a-record-is-saved-or-not/162139/4 "2009-03-06T10:59:46Z")
> i just want to know weather it is saved ? > i don want to save it or try to save it ! well, if you dont try to save it, the answer to your question is quite easy: no. ---
**Author:** ![SSZSmSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SSZSmSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSZSmSS)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 10:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-know-weather-a-record-is-saved-or-not/162139/5 "2009-03-06T10:53:19Z")
> record.save? will return Boolean. i just want to know weather it is saved ? i don want to save it or try to save it ! ---
**Author:** ![SSZSmSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SSZSmSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSZSmSS)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-know-weather-a-record-is-saved-or-not/162139/6 "2009-03-06T11:03:55Z")
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 10:52 AM, β€” Z@m β€” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > record.save? will return Boolean. > > i just want to know weather it is saved ? i don want to save it or try > to save it ! You can do record.new\_record? to check if it is a new record ---
**Author:** ![SSZSmSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SSZSmSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSZSmSS)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 12:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-know-weather-a-record-is-saved-or-not/162139/7 "2009-03-06T12:08:11Z")
> You can do record.new\_record? to check if it is a new record Thank you thats what i want ! ---
**Author:** ![SSZSmSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SSZSmSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSZSmSS)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-know-weather-a-record-is-saved-or-not/162139/8 "2009-03-06T21:41:54Z")
In order to get the right answer, you usually have to ask the right question πŸ˜‰ On Mar 6, 10:07 pm, β€œβ€” Z@m —” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)