create() — ActiveRecord::Base — Ruby on Rails 2.2.3

create()

Creates a record with values matching those of the instance attributes and returns its id.

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb, line 2720
      def create
        if self.id.nil? && connection.prefetch_primary_key?(self.class.table_name)
          self.id = connection.next_sequence_value(self.class.sequence_name)
        end

        quoted_attributes = attributes_with_quotes

        statement = if quoted_attributes.empty?
          connection.empty_insert_statement(self.class.table_name)
        else
          "INSERT INTO #{self.class.quoted_table_name} " +
          "(#{quoted_column_names.join(', ')}) " +
          "VALUES(#{quoted_attributes.values.join(', ')})"
        end

        self.id = connection.insert(statement, "#{self.class.name} Create",
          self.class.primary_key, self.id, self.class.sequence_name)

        @new_record = false
        id
      end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb line 2720 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

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