[Rails-core] Re: :throw option for AR finders that don't throw RecordNotFound exceptions

[Jamie van Dyke]

-1  I use find_by_id if I want nil, there's no need to change behaviour if it can be achieved using a different method. Cheers, Jamie van Dyke Fear of Fish http://www.fearoffish.co.uk On 30 Aug 2006, at 20:30, Rick Olson wrote: -1 I count on the fact that find(id) raises an exception.  If I'm looking up a model by id and it's not there, there's usually a problem.  The raises RecordNotFound exception is a convenient hook to render a 404 page. If you really want it to return nil, why not use find_by_id ? --  Rick Olson http://weblog.techno-weenie.net http://mephistoblog.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---