Having troubles saving a new model

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My model is being created but isn't saving. It's like it skips straight past saving. Any ideas why it might do this? Updating works fine.

  def create     @volunteer = Volunteer.new(params[:volunteer])     @volunteer.save     redirect_to(volunteers_url)   end

And here's what the console reads upon create:

Processing VolunteersController#create (for 127.0.0.1 at 2009-01-21 11:33:00) [POST]   Parameters: {"commit"=>"Create", "volunteer"=>{"name"=>"test", "job_id"=>"2", "accepted"=>"0", "start_time(1i)"=>"2009", "finish_time(1i)"=>"2009", "start_time(2i)"=>"1", "finish_time(2i)"=>"1", "start_time(3i)"=>"21", "role"=>"Team Leader", "finish_time(3i)"=>"21", "start_time(4i)"=>"01", "finish_time(4i)"=>"01", "start_time(5i)"=>"18", "finish_time(5i)"=>"18", "email"=>"dazonic@gmail.com"}, "authenticity_token"=>"1a745e26f1bf45dd1a1bf15f45b29da69e4b8a15"} Redirected to http://volunteers.local/volunteers Completed in 14ms (DB: 0) | 302 Found [http://volunteers.local/volunteers\]

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#save returns true if successful, false otherwise. The code generated by the scaffold typically looks something like:

  if @volunteer.save
    flash[:notice] = "New volunteer successfully added to database."

    format.html { redirect_to(volunteers_url) }
    format.xml  { render :xml => @volunteer, :status => :created, :location => @volunteer }
  else
    format.html { render :action => "new" }

    format.xml  { render :xml => @volunteer.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
  end

Your volunteer model is probably failing a validation or two. Try looking in your development log.

–wpd

3

Try firing up script/console and manually try making a new Volunteer object and saving it.

script/console

a = Volunteer.new(:name => "john") # shouldn't matter if you don't pass all the fields since there are no validations a.save.

Might not answer your question, but should help you figure out where the issue is.

4

Try firing up script/console and manually try making a new Volunteer object and saving it.

Hmm... yep, that's returning false.

I found where the problem lies, thanks everyone. a dodgy before_save filter I made.