When to use self in Model?

Question

Question: when do I need to use self in my models in Rails?

I have a set method in one of my models.

class SomeData < ActiveRecord::B         


        

Answer 1

When use active_flag = val ruby thought your are define a local variable, the best way is self.active_flag = val, if you got it, hope you know that send(:active_flag=, val) will works too.