@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@ = save_or_raise This plugin includes one new method for ActiveRecord::Base called - save_or_raise which does almost the same thing as - ActiveRecord::Base#save! + save_or_raise which does almost the same thing as ActiveRecord::Base#save! + but in a more readable way. + + == Installation + + gem install ryanlowe-save_or_raise --source http://gems.github.com/ == save vs save! @@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ Both of these things make the code that uses save! less readable. - == A Solution + == Solution This plugin implements a new ActiveRecord#Base method @@ -70,9 +74,9 @@ which can be used the following ways: - model.save_or_raise # instead of model.save! - model.save_or_raise "Save failed!" # raises RuntimeError with this message on failure - model.save_or_raise CustomException # raises CustomException on failure + model.save_or_raise # instead of model.save! + model.save_or_raise "Unrecoverable save error" # raises RuntimeError with this message on failure + model.save_or_raise CustomException # raises CustomException on failure In all three cases the raised exception presents a 500 HTTP error to the user in production if the save fails. README 4d5db3c25157177e193445c07211b8b4dfcda4b7 Ryan Lowe ryanlowe@gmail.com http://github.com/ryanlowe/save_or_raise/commit/2fe328c4da94efdcd0ac8e2ffb956bf718437c5a 2fe328c4da94efdcd0ac8e2ffb956bf718437c5a 2008-05-26T09:03:16-07:00 2008-05-26T09:03:16-07:00 add gem installation instructions to README 15e92782191d807c36844628a2030dd32e4fbccd Ryan Lowe ryanlowe@gmail.com