<pre class="prettyprint"><code>category = Category.new </code></pre> <p>This isn't persisted to DB yet, so how to distinguish form an object that is saved in the database?</p>

<pre class="prettyprint"><code>c.persisted? # => true if persisted c.new_record? # => true if not persisted </code></pre> <p>:)</p>

<pre class="prettyprint"><code>c.new_record? # true if new, false if saved </code></pre>

How to check a model object is persisted to DB or a new object?

category = Category.new

This isn't persisted to DB yet, so how to distinguish form an object that is saved in the database?

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asked Oct 29 '10 08:10

c.persisted?  # => true if persisted
c.new_record? # => true if not persisted

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answered Oct 05 '22 03:10

c.new_record? # true if new, false if saved

answered Oct 05 '22 04:10

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