instance method `to_key`

Ruby on Rails 3.1.12

Since v3.0.20

Available in: v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

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to_key()

Returns this record’s primary key value wrapped in an Array if one is available

Source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/primary_key.rb, line 7
      def to_key
        key = send(self.class.primary_key)
        [key] if key
      end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/primary_key.rb line 7 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveRecord::AttributeMethods::PrimaryKey

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