branching on first_or_create

[manu]

Hello

I'm trying to branch based on the return value of first_or_create, but something eludes me.

flight = Flight.first_or_create({:avatar_id => avatar.id, :mission_id => mission.id} , {:monture_id => monture.id, :role_id => role.id, :temps_vol => params[:temps_vol], :statutfinmission_id => statut.id})

When the user submits a new Flight entry, I first check if an entry already exists (using the table's composite key avatar.id + mission.id).

But as I understand it, flight will always return true, whether it creates a new record or finds one already existing. Is this correct? Is there anyway to differentiate between the two cases?

Thx a bunch.

[Arthur M. Meskelis]

well, from the api http://rubydoc.info/gems/dm-core/1.1.0/DataMapper/Model:first_or_create it will always return a object model. So, you would have to do a find first.

2012/8/19 manu <etab...@gmail.com>

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[manu]

Oh, yeah, thanks Arthur. What was I thinking... :/