Updating timestamp when adding model via association

Rails
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What’s the proper way to update a models timestamp when you add an
object to one of it’s associations?

For example, if I have a model, Business, that has_many :addresses,
when I add a new Address, I’d like the updated_at timestamp for the
business object to get updated.

Doing:

@business.addresses.create(…)

Does not update the updated_at timestamp for @business. What’s the
best way to get it to update?

Thank you,
Kenny

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On Sep 19, 5:11 pm, Kenny [email protected] wrote:

Does not update the updated_at timestamp for @business. What’s the
best way to get it to update?

Thank you,
Kenny

If you’re using Rails 2.1 and have ActiveRecord::Base.partial_updates
= true, you can try this:

class Address
belongs_to :business
before_save :update_business
private
def update_business
if self.business && self.business_id_changed?
self.business.updated_at = Time.now
end
end