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Hi All, Sorry if this has been covered before, but I couldn''t find a previous thread on the list that answered my question. Basically I''m creating a new record in a table like so: def create @myInstance = MyModel.new(params[:formVars]) @myInstance.save! end My question is: How do I then get the id of the newly created record within this create method? It seems like it should be pretty straightforward, but I''m having a brainfreeze about it, and I didn''t see a method in the...

...rs and replacement functions together. I would be interested in people comments on the approach I've taken. The code has a couple of decisions for which I could imagine alternatives. First, even simple get/set operations on class elements are wrapped in functions. I suppose I could just use myinstance at slot to do some of these operations, though that is considered bad style in more traditional OO contexts. Second, even though the functions are tied to the class, I've defined them as free functions rather than methods. I suppose I could create a generic that would reject most arguments, a...