5 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/activeresource/CHANGELOG b/activeresource/CHANGELOG
index e24462a750..94481ae9ef 100644
--- a/activeresource/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activeresource/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Make #save behavior mimic AR::Base#save (true on success, false on failure). [Jamis Buck]
+
 * Add Basic HTTP Authentication to ActiveResource (closes #6305). [jonathan]
 
 * Extracted #id_from_response as an entry point for customizing how a created resource gets its own ID.
diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
index cb520eef5c..656698fb25 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
@@ -169,12 +169,13 @@ module ActiveResource
 
       def update
         connection.put(self.class.element_path(id, prefix_options), to_xml)
+        true
       end
 
       def create
-        returning connection.post(self.class.collection_path(prefix_options), to_xml) do |resp|
-          self.id = id_from_response(resp)
-        end
+        resp = connection.post(self.class.collection_path(prefix_options), to_xml)
+        self.id = id_from_response(resp)
+        true
       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 f1995a6070..3011ba3295 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb
@@ -109,8 +109,9 @@ module ActiveResource
 
     def save_with_validation
       save_without_validation
-    rescue ResourceInvalid
-      errors.from_xml($!.response.body)
+    rescue ResourceInvalid => error
+      errors.from_xml(error.response.body)
+      return false
     end
 
     def valid?
diff --git a/activeresource/test/base_errors_test.rb b/activeresource/test/base_errors_test.rb
index 1aa677b1ba..c6b840ebe1 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/base_errors_test.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/base_errors_test.rb
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@ class BaseErrorsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     ActiveResource::HttpMock.respond_to do |mock|
       mock.post "/people.xml", {}, "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><errors><error>Age can't be blank</error><error>Name can't be blank</error><error>Name must start with a letter</error><error>Person quota full for today.</error></errors>", 400
     end
-    @exception = nil
-    @person    = Person.new(:name => '', :age => '')
-    @person.save
-  rescue ActiveResource::ResourceInvalid
-    @exception = $!
+    @person = Person.new(:name => '', :age => '')
+    assert_equal @person.save, false
   end
   
   def test_should_mark_as_invalid
diff --git a/activeresource/test/base_test.rb b/activeresource/test/base_test.rb
index f3fd3b43e2..dd017b71fa 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/base_test.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/base_test.rb
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class BaseTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   def test_create
     rick = Person.new
-    rick.save
+    assert_equal true, rick.save
     assert_equal '5', rick.id
   end
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class BaseTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     matz.name = "David"
     assert_kind_of Person, matz
     assert_equal "David", matz.name
-    matz.save
+    assert_equal true, matz.save
   end
 
   def test_update_with_custom_prefix