This'd be easy to hack out though..

def update_attributes!(*args)
 unless update_attributes(*args) raise "AHHHHHHHHHHH"
end

On 8/22/06, Chris Abad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I don't think update_attributes or push have bang versions. If they do, they
don't appear in the API.



On Aug 22, 2006, at 11:51 AM, Doug Johnston wrote:
Great discussion guys!  Can this be used on other methods that save to the
database?  For instance:

@page.update_attributes(params[:page])
or
@page.contents.push(@new_content)

Could I just add a ! on the end and have it raise an exception when it
fails?

Doug

On 8/22/06, Chris Van Pelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We use .save! all the time.  Just remeber it's probably gonna be best
> to only catch the ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid errors otherwise when
> you screw something else up it's a real pain to debug.
>
> Transactions are more elegant for the multi save stuff, but save! is a
> great way to deal with validation.
>
> Chris
>
> On 8/21/06, Chris Abad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > That's true, that'd take a couple lines out of my code. Another thing
I'm
> > looking at is using .save! (inspired by some code I saw by TecnoWeenie)
in
> > combination with rescue ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid. Haven't tried yet
to
> > see how that plays with the transaction.
> >
> > .save returns true or flase, while .save! rasies an exception if it
fails.
> > Anyone tried using @object.save! with rescue rather than the traditional
if
> > @object.save?
> >
> >
> > On Aug 21, 2006, at 1:31 PM, Stephen Waits wrote:
> >
> >
> > As long as things are dependent on account.save and user.save, why not
just
> > put it all under the one transaction?
> >
> > @account = Account.new(params[:account])
> > @user = User.new (params[:user])
> > Account.transaction do
> >   if @account.save and @user.save
> >     @account.users << @user
> >     # Do something cool
> >   end
> > end
> >
> > --Steve
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