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method

new?

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"