2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
index b5ebd3961c..7f99e5cbf5 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
@@ -205,13 +205,12 @@ module ActiveResource
 
       def update
         connection.put(element_path, to_xml)
-        true
       end
 
       def create
-        resp = connection.post(collection_path, to_xml)
-        self.id = id_from_response(resp)
-        true
+        returning connection.post(collection_path, to_xml) do |response|
+          self.id = id_from_response(response)
+        end
       end
 
       # takes a response from a typical create post and pulls the ID out
diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb
index 3011ba3295..c45655d1ea 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb
@@ -109,9 +109,10 @@ module ActiveResource
 
     def save_with_validation
       save_without_validation
+      true
     rescue ResourceInvalid => error
       errors.from_xml(error.response.body)
-      return false
+      false
     end
 
     def valid?
@@ -123,4 +124,4 @@ module ActiveResource
       @errors ||= Errors.new(self)
     end
   end
-end
-\ No newline at end of file
+end