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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb | 20 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb index 96e44c2f59..51b1931ed5 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb @@ -36,6 +36,23 @@ module ActiveRecord end end + # Creates an object (or multiple objects) and saves it to the database, + # if validations pass. Raises a RecordInvalid error if validations fail, + # unlike Base#create. + # + # The +attributes+ parameter can be either a Hash or an Array of Hashes. + # These describe which attributes to be created on the object, or + # multiple objects when given an Array of Hashes. + def create!(attributes = nil, &block) + if attributes.is_a?(Array) + attributes.collect { |attr| create!(attr, &block) } + else + object = new(attributes, &block) + object.save! + object + end + end + # Given an attributes hash, +instantiate+ returns a new instance of # the appropriate class. Accepts only keys as strings. # @@ -270,7 +287,8 @@ module ActiveRecord # This method raises an +ActiveRecord::ActiveRecordError+ when called on new # objects, or when at least one of the attributes is marked as readonly. def update_columns(attributes) - raise ActiveRecordError, "cannot update on a new record object" unless persisted? + raise ActiveRecordError, "cannot update a new record" if new_record? + raise ActiveRecordError, "cannot update a destroyed record" if destroyed? attributes.each_key do |key| verify_readonly_attribute(key.to_s) |