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| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/attributes.rb | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | guides/source/5_0_release_notes.md | 7 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attributes.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attributes.rb index 519de271c3..3211b6eaeb 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attributes.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attributes.rb @@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ module ActiveRecord # is not passed, the previous default value (if any) will be used. # Otherwise, the default will be +nil+. # - # +array+ (PG only) specifies that the type should be an array (see the + # +array+ (PostgreSQL only) specifies that the type should be an array (see the # examples below). # - # +range+ (PG only) specifies that the type should be a range (see the + # +range+ (PostgreSQL only) specifies that the type should be a range (see the # examples below). # # ==== Examples diff --git a/guides/source/5_0_release_notes.md b/guides/source/5_0_release_notes.md index bdd1c2cc4e..b542005f52 100644 --- a/guides/source/5_0_release_notes.md +++ b/guides/source/5_0_release_notes.md @@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ It also changes the behavior of values passed to `ActiveRecord::Base.where`, whi without having to rely on implementation details or monkey patching. Some things that you can achieve with this: + * The type detected by Active Record can be overridden. * A default can also be provided. * Attributes do not need to be backed by a database column. @@ -130,8 +131,8 @@ model.attributes #=> {field_without_db_column: [1, 2, 3]} **Creating Custom Types:** You can define your own custom types, as long as they respond -to the methods defined on the value type. The method +deserialize+ or -+cast+ will be called on your type object, with raw input from the +to the methods defined on the value type. The method `deserialize` or +`cast` will be called on your type object, with raw input from the database or from your controllers. This is useful, for example, when doing custom conversion, like Money data. @@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ like Money data. When `ActiveRecord::Base.where` is called, it will use the type defined by the model class to convert the value to SQL, -calling +serialize+ on your type object. +calling `serialize` on your type object. This gives the objects ability to specify, how to convert values when performing SQL queries. |