Module: Specify::Model::Updateable

Included in:
Accession, AdministrativeDivision, Agent, AppResourceData, AppResourceDir, AutoNumberingScheme, CollectingEvent, Collection, CollectionObject, CommonName, Determination, Discipline, Division, GeographicName, Geography, Institution, Locality, Preparation, PreparationType, Rank, RecordSet, Taxon, Taxonomy, User, ViewSetObject
Defined in:
lib/specify/models/updateable.rb

Overview

Updateable is a mixin that provides the standard #before_update hook for Specify::Model classes.

Most tables in the Specify schema have a Version (an Integer) that is incremented for each modification and a modification timestamp. The #before_update hook will set these.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#before_update ⇒ Object

Sets the Version and modification timestamp of a record.



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# File 'lib/specify/models/updateable.rb', line 13

def before_update
  self[:Version] += 1
  self[:TimestampModified] = Time.now
  super
end