On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 2:39 PM, RVince<rvinc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have a table where I am trying to delete all but the 10 most recent
> records. My code is as follows:
>
> cnotes  = Channelnote.find(:all,  :order => 'tstamp DESC', :limit =>
> 10, :conditions => ["deleted=0"])
>        Channelnote.delete_all;
>        for cnote in cnotes do
>                g=cnote.save
>        end
>
> However, it deletes ALL records in the table, seeming to NOT write
> cnotes back.

More idiomatically --

@cnotes  = Channelnote.find(:all,  :order => 'tstamp DESC',
      :limit => 10, :conditions => ["deleted=0"])
Channelnote.delete_all;
@cnotes.each { |cnote| cnote.save! }

The save! will let you know why the save failed (failing validation, or...)

-- 
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