Method: ActiveRecord::Relation#destroy

Defined in:
activerecord/lib/active_record/relation.rb

#destroy(id) ⇒ Object

Destroy an object (or multiple objects) that has the given id. The object is instantiated first, therefore all callbacks and filters are fired off before the object is deleted. This method is less efficient than #delete but allows cleanup methods and other actions to be run.

This essentially finds the object (or multiple objects) with the given id, creates a new object from the attributes, and then calls destroy on it.

Parameters

  • id - This should be the id or an array of ids to be destroyed.

Examples

# Destroy a single object
Todo.destroy(1)

# Destroy multiple objects
todos = [1,2,3]
Todo.destroy(todos)



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# File 'activerecord/lib/active_record/relation.rb', line 1083

def destroy(id)
  multiple_ids = if model.composite_primary_key?
    id.first.is_a?(Array)
  else
    id.is_a?(Array)
  end

  if multiple_ids
    find(id).each(&:destroy)
  else
    find(id).destroy
  end
end