I have a unique index constraint that throws an
ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid exception when triggered. In my
application this causes a stack trace in the client browser. I want to
rescue this error and handle it inside the controller, but I cannot seem
to.
Here is the controller code:
def create
@entity = Entity.new(params[:entity])
…
respond_to do |format|
if @entity.save
flash[:notice] = ‘Client was successfully created.’
format.html { redirect_to(@client) }
format.xml { render :xml => @client,
:status => :created, :location => @client }
else
format.html { render :action => “new” }
format.xml { render :xml => @client.errors,
:status => :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
rescue => my_exception
puts “Rescue clause invoked!”
puts my_exception
end
For now, all I want is to see the rescue clause invoked, but it is not.
have I put this clause in the wrong place? Am I specifying it wrong?