Just a reminder: it's just specific with the find(). find_by_* will return nil unless you add a ! (e,g,, find_by_name!()) then it also returns the exception
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 8:55 AM, John Merlino <[email protected]> wrote: > ok I thought it would return nil > > thanks for response > > On Jun 19, 8:33 pm, Fernando Almeida <[email protected]> > wrote: > > if the record is not found the find() throws an exception. > > > > 2012/6/19 John Merlino <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey all, > > > > > I saw this piece of code: > > > > > @user = User.find(params[:user_id]) rescue nil > > > > > why rescue with a nil here? If the user is not found, it will be nil > > > anyway. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Fernando Almeidawww.fernandoalmeida.net > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
