Module: TruncateToDbLimit

Extended by:
ActiveSupport::Concern
Included in:
Referent, ServiceResponse
Defined in:
lib/truncate_to_db_limit.rb

Overview

An ActiveRecord extension that will let you automatically truncate certain attributes to the maximum length allowed by the DB. 

require 'truncate_to_db_limit'
class Something < ActiveRecord::Base
   include TruncateToDbLimit
   truncate_to_db_limit :short_attr, :short_attr2
   #...

Truncation is done in a before_validate hook, so won’t happen until you try to save.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#do_truncate_to_db_limit! ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/truncate_to_db_limit.rb', line 29

def do_truncate_to_db_limit!
  
  
  self.class._truncate_to_db_limit_attributes.each do |attribute_name|

    ar_attr = self.class.columns_hash[attribute_name.to_s]

    unless ar_attr
      raise ArgumentError.new("truncate_to_db_limit #{attribute_name}: No such attribute")
    end

    limit   = ar_attr.limit

    unless limit && limit.to_i != 0
      return # we can do nothing
      #raise ArgumentError.new("truncate_to_db_limit #{attribute_name}: Limit not known")
    end

    normalized = send(attribute_name).try {|v| v.slice(0, limit)}
    send("#{attribute_name}=", normalized)
  end
end