我如何在ActiveRecord设置默认值?
我看到Pratik的一篇文章，描述了一段丑陋而复杂的代码:http://m.onkey.org/2007/7/24/how-to-set-default-values-in-your-model
class Item < ActiveRecord::Base
def initialize_with_defaults(attrs = nil, &block)
initialize_without_defaults(attrs) do
setter = lambda { |key, value| self.send("#{key.to_s}=", value) unless
!attrs.nil? && attrs.keys.map(&:to_s).include?(key.to_s) }
setter.call('scheduler_type', 'hotseat')
yield self if block_given?
end
end
alias_method_chain :initialize, :defaults
end
我在谷歌上看到了以下例子:
def initialize
super
self.status = ACTIVE unless self.status
end
and
def after_initialize
return unless new_record?
self.status = ACTIVE
end
我也见过有人把它放在迁移中，但我更愿意看到它在模型代码中定义。
是否有一个规范的方法来设置默认值的字段在ActiveRecord模型?
我强烈建议使用“default_value_for”gem: https://github.com/FooBarWidget/default_value_for
有一些棘手的场景需要重写initialize方法，这个gem就是这样做的。
例子:
你的db默认值是NULL，你的模型/ruby定义的默认值是“一些字符串”，但你实际上想要设置值为nil的原因:MyModel。新(my_attr: nil)
这里的大多数解决方案将无法将值设置为nil，而是将其设置为默认值。
好吧，所以你不用||=方法，而是切换到my_attr_changed?…
但是现在假设你的数据库默认值是"some string"，你的模型/ruby定义的默认值是"some other string"，但在某种情况下，你想将值设置为"some string"(数据库默认值):MyModel。新(my_attr:“some_string”)
这将导致my_attr_changed?为false是因为该值与db默认值匹配，而db默认值将触发ruby定义的默认代码，并将该值设置为“其他字符串”——同样，这不是您想要的。
由于这些原因，我不认为这可以通过一个after_initialize钩子正确地完成。
同样，我认为“default_value_for”gem采用了正确的方法:https://github.com/FooBarWidget/default_value_for
每个可用的方法都有几个问题，但我认为定义一个after_initialize回调是正确的方法，原因如下:
default_scope will initialize values for new models, but then that will become the scope on which you find the model. If you just want to initialize some numbers to 0 then this is not what you want.
Defining defaults in your migration also works part of the time... As has already been mentioned this will not work when you just call Model.new.
Overriding initialize can work, but don't forget to call super!
Using a plugin like phusion's is getting a bit ridiculous. This is ruby, do we really need a plugin just to initialize some default values?
Overriding after_initialize is deprecated as of Rails 3. When I override after_initialize in rails 3.0.3 I get the following warning in the console:
弃用警告:Base#after_initialize已弃用，请使用Base。After_initialize:方法代替。(调用from /Users/me/myapp/app/models/my_model:15)
因此，我要说的是写一个after_initialize回调函数，它允许你在关联上设置默认属性，就像这样:
class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
has_one :address
after_initialize :init
def init
self.number ||= 0.0 #will set the default value only if it's nil
self.address ||= build_address #let's you set a default association
end
end
现在您只有一个地方可以寻找模型的初始化。我一直在用这个方法，直到有人提出更好的方法。
警告:
For boolean fields do:
self.bool_field = true if self.bool_field.nil?
See Paul Russell's comment on this answer for more details
If you're only selecting a subset of columns for a model (ie; using select in a query like Person.select(:firstname, :lastname).all) you will get a MissingAttributeError if your init method accesses a column that hasn't been included in the select clause. You can guard against this case like so:
self.number ||= 0.0 if self.has_attribute? :number
and for a boolean column...
self.bool_field = true if (self.has_attribute? :bool_value) && self.bool_field.nil?
Also note that the syntax is different prior to Rails 3.2 (see Cliff Darling's comment below)
