Colin Law wrote in post #990706: > On 3 April 2011 19:36, John W. <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have a scenario where I have to prevent objects from saving to the >> database if they have a certain value and I want to come up with the >> optimal way to achieve that. > > You could use a validation. That would be the normal method. Then > you can just call save and only the valid ones will actually be saved. > > Colin
Validation failure would make all 20 records and the parent object save fail in totality. I'm trying to have everything save minus the nested objects with a certain field value of "i". All other nested objects with other values save fine. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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.

