On Oct 18, 2012, at 8:50 AM, Gabriel Sobrinho wrote:
> That is a problem for me either.
>
> I can't use before_save callback because I need to show the default value on
> forms.
>
> So, I have a date field and the default value is today, but when user open
> the form, today must be on that field.
>
>
> I'm setting this kind of default value on controller like that:
>
> def new
> @payment = Payment.new
> @payment.date = Date.current
> end
One method I was surprised to not see on Stack Overflow - overriding the
accessor:
class Payment < AR::Base
def date
super || write_attribute(:date, Date.current)
end
end
This still has the issue identified by G. Sobrinho, however, where explicitly
setting an attribute to nil doesn't work quite right.
--Matt Jones
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