similar to: before_save and before_update not being called in tests

Hi, I''m doing a <model_name>.update(....) but I''m noticing that my before_update callback is not being called. If I do a find and then a save!, I notice that it is called. The problem with a find and save in my case is that I''m not able to set all my attributes in one shot by saving params["user"] and since I can''t do this, my overloaded

Le''s say that I have a table called people and the column middle_name is nullable. If the user enters say blank or empty space then in the database it is recorded as empty space. I would like in all my models all empty spaces to be recorded as null. I guess I can write a plugin which will do so for all the models but I''m sure something like that should already be existing.I

I want to include common auditing functionality in my models. This involves storing the changes made to a model in a seperate table : I have created the functions in an Audit module : module Audit before_update :before_changes after_update :after_changes def before_changes old=self.class.find(id).attributes @changes=[] attributes.each do |key, val| if val != old[key]

Hi, Very quickly, I''m having trouble calling my before_save ro before_update callbacks when I do something like User.update(id, params["user"]). I notice that Rails is calling after_save but for some reason it doesn''t call the before_save or before_update callbacks. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hello there! I just started with Mocha (great job, by the way), and want to solve a problem, perhaps you can give me a hint. I have a Observer (yes, in Rails), and want to test, that this observer does (or does not) call a special method on the observed object. In this example, the object has a sync-method, that shall be called before_update. The Observer looks like class BlaObserver <

Hi all ! I''m having an issue and I can''t seem to make heads or tails of it. I am attempting to add an observer to a model object. I created app/models/greenback_transaction_observer.rb, inherited from AR::Observer, defined methods, registered in config/environment.rb, but things don''t work... So, I took a step back and put in the following code: class

What''s the better thing to do in a before_save if you don''t want the save to continue? raise an exception, or do an errors.add or both? Thanks, Chris Nolan.ca http://kweschun.com/ - Do you have a Kweschun?

I am having a problem finding the best way to make a "before_save :encrypt_password" conditional. I have to at times update user model attributes but each time I do this the password is reencrypted because of the above. I need to differentiate between when the user is first logging in and the password does need to be encrypted, and when they are already logged in and the

Is it will known and accepted that before_save triggers should return true? I didn''t notice this before but now I see it in the documentation. Here is what I''m doing in my model: def before_save if self.has_album? self.visible = self.album.visible? end end That results in the expected result when album.visible? is true - but not when it is false. To make it

I woud like to sanitize attributes (with ''sanitize" gem) but unless the model is being saved by admin. (Suppose this model doesn''t have any relationship with user model) # In model.rb: :before_save set_html_plain def set_html_plain self.body = Sanitize.clean(self.body) end Two questions: 1) How can I check here if saving process has been initialized by

Yes, I know about the :if/:if_changed clause on acts_as_versioned ... content_changed or author_changed .... That''s not what I''m asking about. What I''m wondering about is something like applying the spiffy new 2.0 sanitize as a ''before_save'' -- A little inaccuracy can save tons of explanation. -- Saki

We all know that acts_as_tree gives us ability to set up data in a tree-like structure and use methods like ''parent'', ''children'' and so on. Something I''m completely stuck on. Observe. class Page < ActiveRecord::Base acts_as_tree def before_save raise self.parent.to_yaml end end Well, you''d think that it should show

Don''t know why, but cant seem to get this to work for me. I have a phone number field for an addressbook. In the addressbook model I have a before_update declaration that says the following: I''d like to be able to remove all special characters (just numbers please), but this doesn''t want to work for me. before_update :format_phone def format_phone self.phone =

i used this private function for removing leading and trailing white spaces from the values.that below function would be called before_save. when i print the value after it strips.it prints string without any spaces.but in the table fields it saves with spaces . waht would be the problem.pls help me class CompanyInfo < ActiveRecord::Base before_save :strip_whitespace def strip_whitespace

Hey guys, I''m having a hard time w/ the after_update callback on rails... As far as I can tell, when I define a after_update callback on a model, the attributes of the object have the same values that they had *before* Base.save was called. I''m probably wrong so here''s the code: UNIT TEST: def test_register_item_adjusts_account_balance account =

Hi everybody I would like a function as the "before_save" method in the model. But it must be the opposite. When I take out data from the database through the model, I want to call a function before the data are available in the controller. Can anyone help me? ---- >>>> thx <<<< ---- -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I can''t seem to get a model observer to work. In my environment.rb I have: config.active_record.observers = :item_observer In item_observer.rb I have: class ItemObserver < ActiveRecord::Observer observe Item def after_update(item) if @old.active != item.active logger.debug ''observer#after_update'' #... end @old = nil end def

Hi all, here is the challenge: I have this validation method, that basically prevents an object which billed = true to be updated: def before_update if read_attribute(:billed) errors.add_to_base(''This service has already been billed for'') end !read_attribute(:billed) end The above code does not work in case I do something like: object =

#user.rb ------> Model class User < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessible :email, :name, :password, :password_confirmation has_secure_password before_save :create_remember_token . . . . . . . private def create_remember_token self.remember_token = SecureRandom.urlsafe_base64 end end #sessions_controller.rb ------->

hi all, i''m learning rspec and i can''t figure out how to test if a callback is executed in a model. my model code is: class User < ActiveRecord::Base before_save :encrypt_password ... def encrypt(password) self.class.encrypt(password, salt) end thanks a lot, cs. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.