save()

Signature

save() — returns boolean

Available in: model Category: CRUD Functions

Description

Saves the object if it passes validation and callbacks. Returns true if the object was saved successfully to the database, false if not.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
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.

Examples

// 1. Save a user object to the database (automatically does INSERT or UPDATE depending on whether the record is new)
user.save();

// 2. Use save() in a conditional to handle success and failure
if (user.save()) {
	flashInsert(notice="The user was saved successfully!");
	redirectTo(action="edit");
} else {
	flashInsert(alert="Please correct the errors below.");
	renderView(action="edit");
}

// 3. Save without running validations (useful for administrative operations or data migrations)
user.save(validate=false);

// 4. Save using cfqueryparam only on specific properties (pass a list of property names)
user.save(parameterize="firstName,lastName,email");

// 5. Save and force a database reload of the object afterward (instead of using the request-level cache)
user.save(reload=true);