Merge pull request #44141 from drewtempelmeyer/activerecord-update-attributes-exclamation

Add ActiveRecord::Persistence#update_attribute!

activerecord/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+*   Add `update_attribute!` to `ActiveRecord::Persistence`
+
+    Similar to `update_attribute`, but raises `ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved` when a `before_*` callback throws `:abort`.
+
+    ```ruby
+    class Topic < ActiveRecord::Base
+      before_save :check_title
+
+      def check_title
+        throw(:abort) if title == "abort"
+      end
+    end
+
+    topic = Topic.create(title: "Test Title")
+    # #=> #<Topic title: "Test Title">
+    topic.update_attribute!(:title, "Another Title")
+    # #=> #<Topic title: "Another Title">
+    topic.update_attribute!(:title, "abort")
+    # raises ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved
+    ```
+
+    *Drew Tempelmeyer*
+
 *   Avoid loading every record in `ActiveRecord::Relation#pretty_print`
 
     ```ruby

activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb

@@ -759,6 +759,28 @@ module ActiveRecord
       save(validate: false)
     end
 
+    # Updates a single attribute and saves the record.
+    # This is especially useful for boolean flags on existing records. Also note that
+    #
+    # * Validation is skipped.
+    # * \Callbacks are invoked.
+    # * updated_at/updated_on column is updated if that column is available.
+    # * Updates all the attributes that are dirty in this object.
+    #
+    # This method raises an ActiveRecord::ActiveRecordError if the
+    # attribute is marked as readonly.
+    #
+    # If any of the <tt>before_*</tt> callbacks throws +:abort+ the action is cancelled
+    # and #update_attribute! raises ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved. See
+    # ActiveRecord::Callbacks for further details.
+    def update_attribute!(name, value)
+      name = name.to_s
+      verify_readonly_attribute(name)
+      public_send("#{name}=", value)
+
+      save!(validate: false)
+    end
+
     # Updates the attributes of the model from the passed-in hash and saves the
     # record, all wrapped in a transaction. If the object is invalid, the saving
     # will fail and false will be returned.

activerecord/test/cases/persistence_test.rb

@@ -813,6 +813,69 @@ class PersistenceTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert_not_equal prev_month, developer.updated_at
   end
 
+  def test_update_attribute!
+    assert_not_predicate Topic.find(1), :approved?
+    Topic.find(1).update_attribute!("approved", true)
+    assert_predicate Topic.find(1), :approved?
+
+    Topic.find(1).update_attribute!(:approved, false)
+    assert_not_predicate Topic.find(1), :approved?
+
+    Topic.find(1).update_attribute!(:change_approved_before_save, true)
+    assert_predicate Topic.find(1), :approved?
+  end
+
+  def test_update_attribute_for_readonly_attribute!
+    minivan = Minivan.find("m1")
+    assert_raises(ActiveRecord::ActiveRecordError) { minivan.update_attribute!(:color, "black") }
+  end
+
+  def test_update_attribute_with_one_updated!
+    t = Topic.first
+    t.update_attribute!(:title, "super_title")
+    assert_equal "super_title", t.title
+    assert_not t.changed?, "topic should not have changed"
+    assert_not t.title_changed?, "title should not have changed"
+    assert_nil t.title_change, "title change should be nil"
+
+    t.reload
+    assert_equal "super_title", t.title
+  end
+
+  def test_update_attribute_for_updated_at_on!
+    developer = Developer.find(1)
+    prev_month = Time.now.prev_month.change(usec: 0)
+
+    developer.update_attribute!(:updated_at, prev_month)
+    assert_equal prev_month, developer.updated_at
+
+    developer.update_attribute!(:salary, 80001)
+    assert_not_equal prev_month, developer.updated_at
+
+    developer.reload
+    assert_not_equal prev_month, developer.updated_at
+  end
+
+  def test_update_attribute_for_aborted_callback!
+    klass = Class.new(Topic) do
+      def self.name; "Topic"; end
+
+      before_update :throw_abort
+
+      def throw_abort
+        throw(:abort)
+      end
+    end
+
+    t = klass.create(title: "New Topic", author_name: "Not David")
+
+    assert_raises(ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved) { t.update_attribute!(:title, "super_title") }
+
+    t_reloaded = Topic.find(t.id)
+
+    assert_equal "New Topic", t_reloaded.title
+  end
+
   def test_update_column
     topic = Topic.find(1)
     topic.update_column("approved", true)