#109 Tracking Attribute Changes
May 21, 2008 | 7 minutes | Active Record, Rails 2.1
Rails 2.1 keeps track of the changes you make to a model's attributes. It also allows you to see what the previous value was. But watch out for the gotcha! See this episode for details.
Update: Partial updates are no longer enabled by default in Rails 2.1 as you can see in this commit Now you can set them in your environment config if you want.
Resources
- What's new in Edge Rails: Dirty Objects
- What's new in Edge Rails: Partial Updates
- Partial Updates may cause Invalid Records
- Podcast Meetup at RailsConf
config/initializers/active_record_settings.rb
ActiveRecord::Base.partial_updates = true # change tracking methods p.changed? p.changed p.changes p.name_changed? p.name_was p.name_change p.name_will_change!
