Trying to create a new record and save it

rubyonrails-talk
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I think this should work, I have a Transactions model, and I’m trying to create a new record…

     transaction = Transaction.new do |t|
          t.user_id = cart.user_id
          t.postal_carrier = 'Canada Post'
          t.invoice_number = ''
          t.transaction_msg = "shipment pending..."
      end
      
     transaction.save

It’s not saving anything.

2

oh, i forgot i have some validations it did not pass.

3

Yep, when validations don’t pass, record.save will return false. (So will record.valid?) One can then inspect the errors using record.errors.

One small piece of advice, I wouldn’t name a model Transaction for the risk of confusion with an Activerecord Transaction. The alternative would be to qualify your business-land Transaction using some kind of prefix or module. (eg. BusinessTransaction, OurCompany::Transaction, or some similar workaround).

4

Thanks, I’ll rename it.