method

persisted?

rails latest stable - Class: ActiveRecord::Persistence

persisted?()

public

Returns true if the record is persisted, i.e. it’s not a new record and it was not destroyed, otherwise returns false.

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb, line 688
    def persisted?
      !(@new_record || @destroyed)
    end

kwerle · Nov 14, 20141 thank

So that next time I look I find it.

hosh · Dec 2, 2015

#new_record? will not check if the record has been destroyed