Active Record Attribute Methods Primary Key

Namespace

Module

Methods

Instance Public methods

id()

Returns the primary key column’s value. If the primary key is composite, returns an array of the primary key column values.

📝 Source code 
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/primary_key.rb, line 20
      def id
        _read_attribute(@primary_key)
      end
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id=(value)

Sets the primary key column’s value. If the primary key is composite, raises TypeError when the set value not enumerable.

📝 Source code 
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/primary_key.rb, line 30
      def id=(value)
        _write_attribute(@primary_key, value)
      end
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id?()

Queries the primary key column’s value. If the primary key is composite, all primary key column values must be queryable.

📝 Source code 
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/primary_key.rb, line 36
      def id?
        _query_attribute(@primary_key)
      end
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id_before_type_cast()

Returns the primary key column’s value before type cast. If the primary key is composite, returns an array of primary key column values before type cast.

📝 Source code 
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/primary_key.rb, line 42
      def id_before_type_cast
        attribute_before_type_cast(@primary_key)
      end
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id_in_database()

Returns the primary key column’s value from the database. If the primary key is composite, returns an array of primary key column values from database.

📝 Source code 
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/primary_key.rb, line 54
      def id_in_database
        attribute_in_database(@primary_key)
      end
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id_was()

Returns the primary key column’s previous value. If the primary key is composite, returns an array of primary key column previous values.

📝 Source code 
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/primary_key.rb, line 48
      def id_was
        attribute_was(@primary_key)
      end
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to_key()

Returns this record’s primary key value wrapped in an array if one is available.

📝 Source code 
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/primary_key.rb, line 13
      def to_key
        key = id
        Array(key) if key
      end
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