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new_record?

v3.2.13 - Show latest stable - 2 notes - Class: ActiveRecord::Persistence

new_record?() public

Returns true if this object hasn’t been saved yet – that is, a record for the object doesn’t exist in the data store yet; otherwise, returns false.

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb, line 53
    def new_record?
      @new_record
    end

November 14, 2014

3 thanks

So I can find it when I look next time.

December 2, 2015

1 thank

persisted? will also check if the record has not been destroyed