Raymond O'Connor wrote:
Hi, I must be doing something dumb, but I can't figure this out.
The following code:
customer = Customer.new(:name => 'Ray', :date_created => Time.now.to_s(:db)) customer.save!
Always results in the error ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid: Validation failed: Date created can't be null
Yet, this code works fine: customer = Customer.new(:name => 'Ray') customer.date_created = Time.now.to_s(:db) customer.save!
Is there something I'm doing wrong that is preventing me from putting everything in the new method?
Have you excluded date_created from mass updates via attr_accessible or attr_protected? If so, the second method is the only way that currently works, however I'd like to see new_unsafe, create_unsafe, build_unsafe, attributes_unsafe=, and update_attributes_unsafe methods that bypass protection for use in internal processing.
The other alternative is some problem with your Customer.initialize code.
