Question

How can I achieve this?

tried to create 2 methods, called

def disable_timestamps
  ActiveRecord::Base.record_timestamps = false
end

def enable_timestamps
  ActiveRecord::Base.record_timestamps = true
end

and the update method itself:

def increment_pagehit
  update_attribute(:pagehit, pagehit+1)
end

turn timestamps on and off using callbacks like:

before_update :disable_timestamps, :only => :increment_pagehit
after_update :enable_timestamps, :only => :increment_pagehit

but it’s not updating anything, even the desired attribute (pagehit).

Any advice? I don’t want to have to create another table just to count the pagehits.

Answer 1

Is there a way to avoid automatically updating Rails timestamp fields?

Or closer to your question:

http://blog.bigbinary.com/2009/01/21/override-automatic-timestamp-in-activerecord-rails.html