Question

In ActiveRecord model after_save callback I need to ROLLBACK transaction and return false.

def after_save_callback
  if mycondition?
    raise ActiveRecord::Rollback
  end
end

This callback rolls-back transaction but mymodel.save! returns true. How to make it return false and rollback?

Answer 1

I don’t think you can do this with after_save You should be looking at around_save instead:

def around_save
  ActiveRecord::Base.transaction do
    yield # calls the actual save method
    raise ActiveRecord::Rollback if my_condition?
  end
end