Provides optional functionality on “save” and “update_attributes” methods
that allows developers to pass the user id as a parameter.

Example

Assume you have a books table

  create_table :books do |t|
    t.column :created_at, :datetime
    t.column :updated_at, :datetime
    t.column :title, :string
    t.column :created_by, :integer
    t.column :updated_by, :integer
  end

In your controller, you can now do

  b = Book.new
  b.title = "My Book'
  b.save(session[:user_id]

If you don’t have created_by or updated_by in your table, the stamping will not occur.
No additonal configuration is needed.

Installation

Installation is easy… just use the built-in Plugin installer for Rails.

ruby script/plugin install http://svn.napcsweb.com/public/create_update_by

Acknowledgements:

Thanks to DeLynn Berry, the creator of the original Userstamp plugin for the idea.
The Userstamp plugin can be found at
http://www.delynnberry.com/pages/userstamp/

This plugin was created because I wanted to provide more control
over the assignment of created_by and updated_by.