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new?

rails latest stable - Class: ActiveResource::Base

Method deprecated or moved

This method is deprecated or moved on the latest stable version. The last existing version (v3.2.13) is shown here.

new?()
public

Returns true if this object hasn’t yet been saved, otherwise, returns false.

Examples

not_new = Computer.create(:brand => 'Apple', :make => 'MacBook', :vendor => 'MacMall')
not_new.new? # => false

is_new = Computer.new(:brand => 'IBM', :make => 'Thinkpad', :vendor => 'IBM')
is_new.new? # => true

is_new.save
is_new.new? # => false

1Note

Corrected link to ActiveRecord's "new_record?" method

gdelfino · Apr 20, 20094 thanks

rafaelrosafu, the correct tink to ActiveRecord's "new_record?" method is:

"http://apidock.com/rails/ActiveRecord/Base/new_record%3F"