create()

Signature

create() — returns any

Available in: model Category: Create Functions

Description

The create() method is used to instantiate a new model object, set its properties, and save it to the database (if validations pass). Even if validation fails, the method still returns the unsaved object, including any validation errors. It’s a higher-level convenience function that combines object creation, property assignment, validation, and saving into a single call. Property names and values can be passed in either using named arguments or as a struct to the properties argument.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
properties	struct	no	[runtime expression]	The properties you want to set on the object (can also be passed in as named arguments).
parameterize	any	no	true	Set to true to use cfqueryparam on all columns, or pass in a list of property names to use cfqueryparam on those only.
reload	boolean	no	false	Set to true to force Wheels to query the database even though an identical query for this model may have been run in the same request. (The default in Wheels is to get the second query from the model’s request-level cache.)
validate	boolean	no	true	Set to false to skip validations for this operation.
transaction	string	no	[runtime expression]	Set this to commit to update the database, rollback to run all the database queries but not commit them, or none to skip transaction handling altogether.
callbacks	boolean	no	true	Set to false to disable callbacks for this method.
allowExplicitTimestamps	boolean	no	false	Set this to true to allow explicit assignment of createdAt or updatedAt properties

Examples

1. Create a new author and save it to the database
newAuthor = model("author").create(params.author);

2. Same as above using named arguments
newAuthor = model("author").create(firstName="John", lastName="Doe");

3. Same as above using both named arguments and a struct
newAuthor = model("author").create(active=1, properties=params.author);

4. If you have a `hasOne` or `hasMany` association setup from `customer` to `order`, you can do a scoped call. (The `createOrder` method below will call `model("order").create(customerId=aCustomer.id, shipping=params.shipping)` internally.)
aCustomer = model("customer").findByKey(params.customerId);
anOrder = aCustomer.createOrder(shipping=params.shipping);