Hi, I''m using active record with mysql on windows, to write a data processing script to take data from text files and insert them into the DB (standalone, not within rails). When inserting many records into the DB in quick succession, I sometimes find that the PK is not getting set in the domain object after inserting a new record in the DB. I find myself doing this: addrs.each do |addr| postcode.name=addr.postcode postcode.save! if postcode.id == nil postcode=Postcode.find_by_name(addr.postcode) end address.postcode=postcode address.line1=addr.line1 etc... note that the ID sometimes gets set, but sometimes it doesn''t, hence the check on the PK immediately after the save. I tried wrapping the call to save! with a transaction: Postcode.transaction postcode.save! end but this didn''t seem to help. Any ideas as to why this is happening? I''m using activerecord 1.14.4 and MySQL 5.0 in windows. Thanks, Elie -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---