Rails - Nov 2005 - problem with the ActiveRecord create method

Hello Railers,

I can read in the Doc that the ''create'' method returns an
object,
even if it fails to save the object into the DB :

--
create(attributes = nil)
Creates an object, instantly saves it as a record (if the validation  
permits it), and returns it. If the save fail under validations, the  
unsaved object is still returned.

--

What I do is :

   def duplicate
     @content = Content.find(params[:id])

     @content.parent_id = @content.id
     @content.id = nil
     @content.status = ''b''

     render_text @content.create.to_s
   end

and the render_text return ''false''.
And my object is saved in the DB as expected.

I don''t understand how it is possible, and I would like to know how I  
can test if the ''save'' operation succeeded.

Thanks,
Thomas Balthazar.

On 11/2/05, Thomas Balthazar
<thomas.tmp-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hello Railers,
>
> I can read in the Doc that the ''create'' method returns an
object,
> even if it fails to save the object into the DB :
>
> --
> create(attributes = nil)
> Creates an object, instantly saves it as a record (if the validation
> permits it), and returns it. If the save fail under validations, the
> unsaved object is still returned.
>
> --
>
> What I do is :
>
>    def duplicate
>      @content = Content.find(params[:id])
>
>      @content.parent_id = @content.id
>      @content.id = nil
>      @content.status = ''b''
>
>      render_text @content.create.to_s
>    end
>
> and the render_text return ''false''.
> And my object is saved in the DB as expected.
>
> I don''t understand how it is possible, and I would like to know
how I
> can test if the ''save'' operation succeeded.
#create is a class method.

@content = Content.create :status => ''b''
@content.new_record? # if true, the model was not saved.

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