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Instructions
Allow you to easily specify default values for attributes on new model objects. Eg:
class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
defaults :country => 'New Zealand', :type => 'Unknown'
default :last_name do |person|
person.first_name
end
end
You can also define a defaults method like so:
class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
def defaults
self.first_name = "Jonathan"
end
end
The default value is only used if the attribute is not present in the attributes hash:
p = Person.new p.country # "New Zealand" p = Person.new(:country => nil) p.country # nil
Installation
script/plugin install http://svn.viney.net.nz/things/rails/plugins/active_record_defaults
Help
Feel free to email with any problems, suggestions, bugs etc…
jonathan dot viney @ gmail . com
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| Repository | http://svn.viney.net.nz/things/rails/plugins/active_record_defaults/ |
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| License | Rails' (MIT) |
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| Rating | (7 votes) |
| Owner | Jonathan Viney |
| Created | 29 October 2006 |
Comments
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Doesn't ActiveRecord already do this based on the defaults set in the database?
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Jonathan Viney30 October 2006
No, you can only specify static default values with migrations. This plugin allows the default values to be determined when a new model object is created, allowing for features like user-configurable defaults.
> Doesn't ActiveRecord already do this based on the defaults set in the database?
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Jonathan Viney30 October 2006
No, you can only specify static default values with migrations. This plugin allows the default values to be determined when a new model object is created, allowing for features like user-configurable defaults.
> Doesn't ActiveRecord already do this based on the defaults set in the database?
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Just what I was looking for! Cheers!
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Thanks! - Much nicer than the alternatives :)
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The svn repository appears down as of 2007-07-24.
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Nice and neat, thanks!
