Question

In my create action, method new acts like create.

def create
  @page = Page.new(params[:page].merge(:user_id => current_user.id ))
  if @page.save
    flash[:notice] = t("success")
    redirect_to pages_path
  else
    render :new
  end
end

ActiveRecord creates new object in database while I’m using new with params. Page.new works fine in new action in my controller. What can be the reason? There is no overridden method new and no callbacks (before_save, before_create etc) in my model. Any help would be appreciated.

UPDATE – code from debugger

.../app/controllers/pages_controller.rb:48
@page = Page.new(params[:page].merge(:user_id => current_user.id ))
(rdb:25) @page
nil
(rdb:25) n
.../app/controllers/pages_controller.rb:49
if @page.save
(rdb:25) @page
#<Page id: 80 ... >
(rdb:25) Page.last
#<Page id: 80 ... >
(rdb:25) @page.save
false

Answer 1

Reason (method in model which can change status in workflow):

def status=(state_name)
  states = [self.current_state.to_sym]
  possible_states.each {|t| states<< t[1]}
  unless state_name.blank?
    if states.include? state_name
    process_event! state_name
    end
  end
end

Ugly fix

def create
  @page = Page.new
  if @page.update_attributes(params[:page].merge(:user_id => current_user.id )) && @page.save
    flash[:notice] = t("success")
    redirect_to pages_path
  else
    render :new
  end
end

Mistake was quite silly and I’m not proud of my solution. Anyway, thanks for help:)