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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb')
| -rwxr-xr-x | activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb index 48517d2ca8..386f4912e4 100755 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb @@ -623,6 +623,8 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc: # # customer.credit_rating = "Average" # customer.credit_rating # => "Average" + # + # To start from an all-closed default and enable attributes as needed, have a look at attr_accessible. def attr_protected(*attributes) write_inheritable_array("attr_protected", attributes - (protected_attributes || [])) end @@ -634,7 +636,21 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc: # If this macro is used, only those attributes named in it will be accessible for mass-assignment, such as # <tt>new(attributes)</tt> and <tt>attributes=(attributes)</tt>. This is the more conservative choice for mass-assignment - # protection. If you'd rather start from an all-open default and restrict attributes as needed, have a look at + # protection. + # + # Example: + # + # class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base + # attr_accessible :phone, :email + # end + # + # Passing an empty argument list protects all attributes: + # + # class Product < ActiveRecord::Base + # attr_accessible # none + # end + # + # If you'd rather start from an all-open default and restrict attributes as needed, have a look at # attr_protected. def attr_accessible(*attributes) write_inheritable_array("attr_accessible", attributes - (accessible_attributes || [])) |