Updating without auto timestamping

Rails
1

Hi,

Is there a way to stop the automatic timestamping. I have a model that
has an updated_on field. Its great that it updates on save however
there is one operation i need to do that I dont want the updated_on
field to be set to the current time. Is there a way to stop this for
this one operation?

Thanks

Iain A.

2

YrClass.record_timestamps = false

do the deed

YrClass.record_timestamps = true

RSL

3

I tried this but get the error

NoMethodError in TopicController#show

undefined method `record_timestamps=’ for #Topic:0xb6b88204

My code looks like this

@topic = Topic.find params[:id]
@post_pages, @posts = paginate :posts, :conditions=>[“topic_id = ?”,
@topic.id], :per_page=>6
@topic.viewed_by @m
@topic.increment ‘views’
@topic.record_timestamps = false
@topic.save

4

Notice I said YrClass in my example. :wink:

RSL

5

you can also use @topic.update_without_timestamps

Iain A. wrote:

@topic.id], :per_page=>6

has an updated_on field. Its great that it updates on save however

–
Sincerely,

William P.

http://www.billpratt.net
[email protected]

6

fyi, update/create_without_timestamps are private methods and should be
used
with caution [if at all]. a recent patch on edge removed a private
method
and when someone wrote a ticket about this, david said:

"The method is indeed a protected method and nodoc’ed to boot. In other
words, an internal, implementational detail. But sounds like people are
dipping into the forbidden cookie jar regardless. [
http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/9086]

so I’d stick with the methodology i first mentioned. ymmv

RSL

7

My bad. I had simply noticed it before when scanning through methods()
and noticed that it did indeed work. This is great to know, thanks.

Russell N. wrote:

YrClass.record_timestamps = true

–
Sincerely,

William P.

http://www.billpratt.net
[email protected]