Question

Rails automatically inserts values for columns like created_at and updated_at. Can i configure rails in such a way that it updates more columns. For example all my tables have a column called user holding the currentuser value, can I default rails ti insert user for any database change?

Answer 1

You could try using the before_save function in your model, unless I’ve misunderstood the question.

before_save :defaults

def defaults
   #some stuff to set your defaults
end