ActiveRecord Defaults plugin

Plugin details

Allow you to easily specify default values for attributes on new model objects.

Repositoryhttp://svn.viney.net.nz/things/rails/plugins/active_record_defaults/ Author Jonathan Viney Tags default, ActiveRecord LicenseMIT

Documentation

Install the plugin: 
ruby script/plugin install http://svn.viney.net.nz/things/rails/plugins/active_record_defaults/

Eg: 

  class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
    defaults :country => 'New Zealand', :type => 'Unknown', :address => proc { Address.new }
    
    default :last_name do |person|
      person.first_name
    end
  end


The default value is only used if the attribute is not present in the attributes hash.

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Edit plugin | (0 older versions) | Last edited by: hardway, about 1 year ago