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| author | Neeraj Singh <neerajdotname@gmail.com> | 2010-08-24 10:21:58 -0400 |
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| committer | Neeraj Singh <neerajdotname@gmail.com> | 2010-08-24 10:21:58 -0400 |
| commit | f460de1d237e02fdbc3006bc91813efe7837f576 (patch) | |
| tree | f2674596d27f14b35e1384803ee2655692840a72 | |
| parent | 02aabbd19e59720d2d5819978d2f712c2279bf34 (diff) | |
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touch operationg if used along with belongs_to will also be invoked on associated objects
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb index 0188972169..c342824712 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb @@ -208,10 +208,14 @@ module ActiveRecord # If an attribute name is passed, that attribute is updated along with # updated_at/on attributes. # - # Examples: - # # product.touch # updates updated_at/on # product.touch(:designed_at) # updates the designed_at attribute and updated_at/on + # + # If used along with +belongs_to+ then +touch+ will invoke +touch+ method on associated object. + # + # Brake.belongs_to :car, :touch => true + # Car.belongs_to :corporation, :touch => true + # @brake.touch #=> will also invoke @brake.car.touch and @brake.car.corporation.touch def touch(name = nil) attributes = timestamp_attributes_for_update_in_model attributes << name if name |