instance method update

Ruby on Rails 4.2.9

Since v3.0.20 Last seen in v4.2.9

Available in: v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9

Signature

update(id, attributes)

Updates an object (or multiple objects) and saves it to the database, if validations pass. The resulting object is returned whether the object was saved successfully to the database or not.

Parameters
  • id - This should be the id or an array of ids to be updated.

  • attributes - This should be a hash of attributes or an array of hashes.

Examples
# Updates one record
Person.update(15, user_name: 'Samuel', group: 'expert')

# Updates multiple records
people = { 1 => { "first_name" => "David" }, 2 => { "first_name" => "Jeremy" } }
Person.update(people.keys, people.values)

Parameters

id req
attributes req
Source
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/relation.rb, line 363
    def update(id, attributes)
      if id.is_a?(Array)
        id.map.with_index { |one_id, idx| update(one_id, attributes[idx]) }
      else
        object = find(id)
        object.update(attributes)
        object
      end
    end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/relation.rb line 363 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveRecord::Relation

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