Rails: How to use before_save to change a field value based on another field?

Question

I\'m trying to set a boolean field to false based on the value of another boolean field. I tried the following with an ActiveRecord model:

  before_save :reconc         


        

Answer 1

I just hit this issue also, the problem with the first block of code is that you're assigning the xvent_hood value to false which is then returned by your before_save method.

as per

Canceling callbacks

If a before_* callback returns false, all the later callbacks and the associated action are cancelled. If an after_* callback returns false, all the later callbacks are cancelled. Callbacks are generally run in the order they are defined, with the exception of callbacks defined as methods on the model, which are called last.

from http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Callbacks.html