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ActiveRecord should not silently discard values it can't typecast

#6235

When ActiveRecord is given a value for a field that can't be correctly typecast it sets the field to nil.

If this is an optional field that means that incorrect values will be silently discarded.

Even if a field is optional, it should not be silently thrown away.

Example below: optional birthdate is silently lost.

>> class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
>> end
=> nil
>> Person
=> Person(id: integer, name: string, birthdate: date)
>> Person.create :name => "John", :birthdate => "invalid"
=> #<Person id: 1, name: "John", birthdate: nil>

Reported by JackC · December 30th, 2010 @ 09:20 PM

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April 4th, 2011 @ 01:00 AM
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- State changed from open to stale
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