Hey all, What is the best/easiest way to detect if a certain AR model attrirbute has changed in a callback? For example, I have a date field in my model that needs to be updated when a certain attribute has been changed. What is the best way to do this in a call back? Thanks, Ben
After looking at some previous threads it looks like th best way to do with is to overwrite the attribute writer in the model like so: def name=(val) @old_name = (val == name) ? nil : name super val end
And then just checking the @old_val in the callback… I thought that these accessors were not always used in all the update methods, but after looking in the docs it appears that they are. If I am mistaken please let me know. But otherwise, sorry for talking to myself on the mailing list 
-Ben