If I use find_or_create_by_.. is it possible to define at was it created or founded?
Jo Jo wrote:
If I use find_or_create_by_.. is it possible to define at was it created or founded?
Could you ask the question a different way?
Are you trying to do this (WARNING: made up!)...
find_or_create( my_by_var, 42 )
...such that you can vary my_by_var, and create by different things?
I will now use Google Codesearch to find the missing_method which wraps that (that's a tip in itself!), because I myself am hankering for an update_or_create_by...
Hi,
I'm not exactly sure what you're asking about, but if you want to find out if the result was already in the db or was it just created, you could use find_or_initialize_by instead:
post = Post.find_or_initialize_by_title("something completely different") post.new_record? # false if it was found in the db, true otherwise post.save if post.new_record? # this way you can save it only if it's not already in the db
szimek wrote:
post = Post.find_or_initialize_by_title("something completely different")
Way!
Now try this:
post = Post.find_or_create_by_title("completely different") do |post| p post.new_record? end
does that print a true?
(Trick question, BTW!