From d678997688f2e455088cd09b0edd25c7f96c3787 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Heinemeier Hansson Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 11:17:22 +0000 Subject: Base#update_attribute isnt subject to validation git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@210 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de --- activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record') diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb index c10644ca3e..b0de050185 100755 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb @@ -787,12 +787,15 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc: end # Updates a single attribute and saves the record. This is especially useful for boolean flags on existing records. + # Note: This method is overwritten by the Validation module that'll make sure that updates made with this method + # doesn't get subjected to validation checks. Hence, attributes can be updated even if the full object isn't valid. def update_attribute(name, value) self[name] = value - return save + return true end - # Updates all the attributes in from the passed hash and saves the record. + # Updates all the attributes in from the passed hash and saves the record. If the object is invalid, the saving will + # fail and false will be returned. def update_attributes(attributes) self.attributes = attributes return save -- cgit v1.2.3