method

type_cast

v5.2.3 - Show latest stable - Class: ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Quoting

type_cast(value, column = nil)

public

Cast a value to a type that the database understands. For example, SQLite does not understand dates, so this method will convert a Date to a String.

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/quoting.rb, line 24
      def type_cast(value, column = nil)
        value = id_value_for_database(value) if value.is_a?(Base)

        if column
          value = type_cast_from_column(column, value)
        end

        _type_cast(value)
      rescue TypeError
        to_type = column ? " to #{column.type}" : ""
        raise TypeError, "can't cast #{value.class}#{to_type}"
      end

type_cast

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