Rails callbacks (after_create)

Question

Hey. I would like ActiveRecord to et some DB field automatically using callbacks.

class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
   after_create :set_locale
   def set_locale
      self.locale = I18n.locale
   end
end

In ./script/console I do

p = Product.create
p

Field p.locale is not set. What did I do wrong? Thx for help!

Answer 1

before_create is called before Base.save, since your not saving its not getting called.

Edit:

class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
   before_create :set_locale
   def set_locale
      self.locale = I18n.locale
   end
end

With this in your controller will work how you want it to.

@product = Product.create
@product.save # before_create will be called and locale will be set for the new product

Answer 2

what Joey is saying is that after_create will not work.

use before_create