instance method `destroy`

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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destroy()

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

Source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb, line 81
    def destroy
      destroy_associations

      if persisted?
        IdentityMap.remove(self) if IdentityMap.enabled?
        pk         = self.class.primary_key
        column     = self.class.columns_hash[pk]
        substitute = connection.substitute_at(column, 0)

        relation = self.class.unscoped.where(
          self.class.arel_table[pk].eq(substitute))

        relation.bind_values = [[column, id]]
        relation.delete_all
      end

      @destroyed = true
      freeze
    end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb line 81 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveRecord::Persistence

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