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| author | Joost Baaij <joost@spacebabies.nl> | 2012-01-06 11:53:01 +0100 |
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| committer | Joost Baaij <joost@spacebabies.nl> | 2012-01-06 11:53:01 +0100 |
| commit | 621eb3b666f2df84b7d40d5074eb033204d38146 (patch) | |
| tree | 3f2fd380732ed6bf52d524c72849618e89e0a4ee /activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods | |
| parent | 693a68f24b399cd86fa0daf010f408ab5d3b3aaf (diff) | |
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Expanded rdoc about primary keys being protected from mass assignment.
People need to make sure they are generated internally or added to attr_accessible so they can be mass assigned (for instance, from an import job).
Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods')
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/primary_key.rb | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/primary_key.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/primary_key.rb index a7785f8786..7c59664703 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/primary_key.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/primary_key.rb @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ module ActiveRecord end # Defines the primary key field -- can be overridden in subclasses. Overwriting will negate any effect of the - # primary_key_prefix_type setting, though. + # primary_key_prefix_type setting, though. Since primary keys are usually protected from mass assignment, + # remember to let your database generate them or include the key in +attr_accessible+. def primary_key @primary_key = reset_primary_key unless defined? @primary_key @primary_key |