Is there a way to manipulate the attributes of an ActiveRecord-based model after it is retrieved from the database but before it is returned from the finder?
I have tried defining an after_find callback method but was unable to access attributes that come from the database from this method. I tried accessing them using self.an_attribute and read_attribute but both raised an attribute exception. I am trying to execute an upgrade-in-place strategy. When I deploy the latest version of my app one of the attributes on every existing record of a particular table will no longer be usable until converted to a new format. Rather than take the app down for 12 hours to upgrade the existing data I thought it could be upgraded on-access. Evan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
