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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/touch_later.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/touch_later.rb | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/touch_later.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/touch_later.rb index 9a80a63e28..598873ea3a 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/touch_later.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/touch_later.rb @@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ module ActiveRecord end def touch_later(*names) # :nodoc: - raise ActiveRecordError, "cannot touch on a new record object" unless persisted? + unless persisted? + raise ActiveRecordError, <<-MSG.squish + cannot touch on a new or destroyed record object. Consider using + persisted?, new_record?, or destroyed? before touching + MSG + end @_defer_touch_attrs ||= timestamp_attributes_for_update_in_model @_defer_touch_attrs |= names |