Rails - Jul 2006 - Use of push_with_attributes

Hi,

I have a model class called Page and a corresponding pages table in the 
db.

Is there a way to do Page.new without actually creating a corresponding 
record in the table? I want to set some values in it and then pass it to 
the add_content_component() method in the class below which calls 
push_with_attributes() which will actually create the record in the db?

class Page < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_and_belongs_to_many :contentcomponents

  ...
  def add_content_component(content_component)
    pos = Integer(contentcomponents.size) + 1
    contentcomponents.push_with_attributes(content_component, :pos => 
pos)
  end
  ...

end

Or am I all messed up and I should be taking a different approach?

Thanks!

Paul

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If I understand you correctly all you need to do is:

  page = Page.new(attribute_hash)

Then pass the "page" variable wherever you need it to go.  It
won''t be
created in the database until you do page.save

Also, I believe push_with_attributes has been deprecated in favor of 
has_many :through.  Check it out, it may make things ismpler for you.

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