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

delete()

Deletes the record in the database and freezes this instance to reflect that no changes should be made (since they can’t be persisted).

Unlike #destroy, this method doesn’t run any before_delete and after_delete callbacks, nor will it enforce any association :dependent rules.

In addition to deleting this record, any defined before_delete and after_delete callbacks are run, and :dependent rules defined on associations are run.

Source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb, line 2413
      def delete
        self.class.delete(id) unless new_record?
        freeze
      end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb line 2413 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

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