ActiveRecord, insert and not auto-incremented primary keys...

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Hi,

After playing while with ActiveRecord, I'm surprised it isn't easier to insert data into a table whose primary key is not auto-incremented by the database server.

The following code...

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Philippe Lang wrote:

class Garden < ActiveRecord::Base   set_primary_key :code end

garden = Garden.new("code" => 1, "name" => "garden1") garden.save

When you use set_primary_key, ActiveRecord maps your key to the attribute "id" behind the scenes. So you still use "id".

- Mark.