From c5d6aa2b18a0c52ffdad6f1ebdb828e326128612 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Heinemeier Hansson Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:21:16 +0000 Subject: Added option for turning off the automated timestamps git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@184 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de --- activerecord/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb | 19 ++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'activerecord/lib') diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb index 149113b950..7695b12392 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ module ActiveRecord # Active Records will automatically record creation and/or update timestamps of database objects - # if fields of the names created_at/created_on or updated_at/updated_on are present. + # if fields of the names created_at/created_on or updated_at/updated_on are present. This module is + # automatically included, so you don't need to do that manually. module Timestamp def self.append_features(base) # :nodoc: super @@ -9,14 +10,22 @@ module ActiveRecord end def timestamp_before_create - write_attribute("created_at", Time.now) if respond_to?(:created_at) && created_at.nil? - write_attribute("created_on", Time.now) if respond_to?(:created_on) && created_on.nil? + write_attribute("created_at", Time.now) if record_timestamps && respond_to?(:created_at) && created_at.nil? + write_attribute("created_on", Time.now) if record_timestamps && respond_to?(:created_on) && created_on.nil? timestamp_before_update end def timestamp_before_update - write_attribute("updated_at", Time.now) if respond_to?(:updated_at) - write_attribute("updated_on", Time.now) if respond_to?(:updated_on) + write_attribute("updated_at", Time.now) if record_timestamps && respond_to?(:updated_at) + write_attribute("updated_on", Time.now) if record_timestamps && respond_to?(:updated_on) end end + + class Base + # Records the creation date and possibly time in created_on (date only) or created_at (date and time) and the update date and possibly + # time in updated_on and updated_at. This only happens if the object responds to either of these messages, which they will do automatically + # if the table has columns of either of these names. This feature is turned on by default. + @@record_timestamps = true + cattr_accessor :record_timestamps + end end \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3