instance method `destroy_all`

Ruby on Rails 4.1.16

Since v4.0.13

Available in: 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_all()

Deletes the records of the collection directly from the database ignoring the :dependent option. It invokes before_remove, after_remove , before_destroy and after_destroy callbacks.

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :pets
end

person.pets.size # => 3
person.pets
# => [
#       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
#       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
#       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
#    ]

person.pets.destroy_all

person.pets.size # => 0
person.pets      # => []

Pet.find(1) # => Couldn't find Pet with id=1

Source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb, line 476
      def destroy_all
        @association.destroy_all
      end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb line 476 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveRecord::Associations::CollectionProxy

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