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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb index 63d8a201f0..19fe9632ca 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb @@ -338,10 +338,10 @@ module ActiveRecord self end - # Wrapper around #increment that saves the record. This method differs from - # its non-bang version in that it passes through the attribute setter. - # Saving is not subjected to validation checks. Returns +true+ if the - # record could be saved. + # Wrapper around #increment that writes the update to the database. + # Only +attribute+ is updated; the record itself is not saved. + # This means that any other modified attributes will still be dirty. + # Validations and callbacks are skipped. Returns +self+. def increment!(attribute, by = 1) increment(attribute, by) change = public_send(attribute) - (attribute_in_database(attribute.to_s) || 0) @@ -357,10 +357,10 @@ module ActiveRecord increment(attribute, -by) end - # Wrapper around #decrement that saves the record. This method differs from - # its non-bang version in the sense that it passes through the attribute setter. - # Saving is not subjected to validation checks. Returns +true+ if the - # record could be saved. + # Wrapper around #decrement that writes the update to the database. + # Only +attribute+ is updated; the record itself is not saved. + # This means that any other modified attributes will still be dirty. + # Validations and callbacks are skipped. Returns +self+. def decrement!(attribute, by = 1) increment!(attribute, -by) end |