How to determine if a record is just created or updated in after_save

Question

The #new_record? function determines if a record has been saved. But it is always false in the after_save hook. Is there a way to determine whether the record i

Answer 1

No rails magic here that I know of, you'll have to do it yourself. You could clean this up using a virtual attribute...

In your model class:

def before_save
  @was_a_new_record = new_record?
  return true
end

def after_save
  if @was_a_new_record
    ...
  end
end