Update_attributes and save!

Rails
1

I notice that ActiveRecord::Base.update_attributes() calls save().

What if I want to get an exception if the save fails? Is there a way to
get the update_attributes() function plus the save! function?

Thanks,
Wes

2

What if I want to get an exception if the save fails? Is there a way to
get the update_attributes() function plus the save! function?

Have you tried to raise an error based on the return value of the save?

unless Something.update_attributes() raise “error message”

3

Wes G. wrote on 11.07.2006 02:24:

I notice that ActiveRecord::Base.update_attributes() calls save().

What if I want to get an exception if the save fails? Is there a way to
get the update_attributes() function plus the save! function?

You could do

raise Exception unless update_attributes()

or

attributes=()
save!()

4

Or just define your own update_attributes! method in environment.rb:

class ActiveRecord::Base
def update_attributes!(attributes)
self.attributes = attributes
save!
end
end

-Jonathan.