Hi, Why does ActiveRecord allow perception of success when updating an ID, however it doesn't really work(i.e. no change in database)?
Here's an example. The update of "id" versus update of a non-existent attribute. ?> ai = AccountItem.find(:first) => #<AccountItem id: 1, account_id: 1, date: "2009-01-11", amount: #<BigDecimal:22fb334,'0.1E2',4(8)>, balance: #<BigDecimal:22fb1f4,'0.0',4(8)>, description: "test", notes: nil, created_at: "2009-01-11 09:47:28", updated_at: "2009-01-11 09:47:28"> >> ai.update_attributes!(:id => 99999) => true # SEEMS TO INDICATE IT WORKED >> AccountItem.find(:all) => [#<AccountItem id: 1, account_id: 1, date: "2009-01-11", amount: #<BigDecimal:22f27c0,'0.1E2',4(8)>, balance: #<BigDecimal:22f2680,'0.0',4(8)>, description: "test", notes: nil, created_at: "2009-01-11 09:47:28", updated_at: "2009-01-11 09:47:28">] # IT DIDN'T AS THE ID IS STILL 1 >> ?> ai.update_attributes!(:XXXX => 99999) NoMethodError: undefined method `XXXX=' for #<AccountItem:0x22fc6a8> <== THIS IS A BIT MORE LIKE YOU WOULD EXPECT from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.1/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb:251:in `method_missing' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.1/lib/active_record/base.rb:2372:in `send' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.1/lib/active_record/base.rb:2372:in `attributes=' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.1/lib/active_record/base.rb:2371:in `each' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.1/lib/active_record/base.rb:2371:in `attributes=' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.1/lib/active_record/base.rb:2278:in `update_attributes!' from (irb):60 >> thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
