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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, 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

In one of the models I perform some operation. For simplicity let''s assume that I populate column ''b'' with column ''a'' * 2. def before_update self.b = self.a * 2 end In my fixture I set values for a. first: id: 1 a: 10 Whe I run the test before_update is never invoked when rails populate the test table with the data from fixture. In

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 =

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 =

With after triggers in Postgres, there are special NEW and OLD vars accessible to trigger functions. Any such thing in Rails? Or would it entail doing something like setting a class var in before_update? Jack -- 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

I have a User class with a field called admin which is a boolean that determines if the user is or is not an administrator. I want to make it impossible for the last administrator for an account to be removed from the system. I need to protect against this both when deleting a user and when editing a user as you can revoke a user''s administrator privileges via a form. User

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 all, I''ve add :before_update event to my model Before updating a record I want to check if new attributes differ to old attr. My question is how to retrieve old attributes in :before_update event ? thanks -- gratis egold 1$ http://shegold.com/

Hi all - To avoid floating point issues, I''ve decided to store monetary values in cents in the database. However, the user will enter these in dollars and cents. Two questions: 1) How do I do the validation for the currency format? It looks like ActiveRecord truncates the cents since it thinks the field type is a Fixnum. Am I forced to do validation in the controller? 2) Where

Hi I noticed that if in my code I use the following: Photo.update_all("title = ''Ruby rocks'' ", "id IN (#{@photo_ids})") All my objects are properly updated but none of the filters/callbacks are triggered. Is that what''s expected? I have a before_update filter set on the Photo class and it gets totally ignored, I guess the only way to solve this

...s that I also want the behaviour of the created_on and updated_on columns, that get modified automatically before saving. The problem is that I have my own "save" method and it does not work (remember this is not a real ActiveRecord model). I''ve tried to set the before_create and before_updated methods but they does not work (see code below). So… is there any way to do it automatically? Thanks. ******* [1] http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToUseValidationsWithoutExtendingActiveRecord , Alternative 2. CODE: class PageMetadata < ActiveRecord::Base def self.columns() @col...

Does anyone know how to disable a model''s callbacks? I have a routine that increments a page_view counter for various model objects in an after_filter in my ApplicationController. I call this: increment_page_view() Rather that checking through the trace array in each model callback for "increment_page_view" I''d rather disable the callbacks from inside

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/.

Hi, I''m looking at ways to encrypt email addresses rather than storing them directly in the database. There are several ways that it could be done. I could make an Encrypter class and use before_update, etc. Or I could set up an updatable VIEW in mySql. (I guess triggers might be another possibility.) However, what I would really LIKE to do is use the handy AES_ENCRYPT and

Hi! Definite newbie here - I''m working through this like-hate relationship with Ruby and Rails right now... sometimes things work really well (like blobs seem to rock) but other times, I dunno! :-) Anyway, I''d like put in create and update user timestamps on all my primary domain tables and allow them to be updated automatically by ActiveRecord. Coming from Hibernate, I just

Rails newbie here, I have been stuck on this for two days and can''t figure out why its not working. I want users to confirm/verify themselves by entering their current/old password before any information is updated. This is what My user_controller update action looks like I''m currently using rails 3.2 with the basic has_secured_password authentication that comes with it. def

Hello, I needed to add custom cache field for one of my application. I thought I will share the code showing how to do this. This code below creates and maintain a custom cache field, for keeping track of totals. Say, you have accounts, and for each account there are transactions (either deposit/withdrawal), and one will like to keep track of the total balance for an account. So, let there be a

First off, I''m not trying to spec attachment_fu, I know it''s been tested. But, I added some code to that model that I do need to test. Basically, I need to somehow fulfill the "uploaded_data" property so I can actually run my tests(otherwise they fail because of validations). The "uploaded_data" field is what would grab the multipart data from form. Here