From 393e98a85999878d832eaba2da42a8805aff54e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@loudthinking.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 02:36:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed Base#update_attribute to be indifferent to whether a
 string or symbol is used to describe the name

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@341 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de
---
 activerecord/CHANGELOG                        | 2 ++
 activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb        | 2 +-
 activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb | 2 +-
 activerecord/test/base_test.rb                | 3 +++
 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
index cea70c095a..ddb9d683d8 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Fixed Base#update_attribute to be indifferent to whether a string or symbol is used to describe the name
+
 * Added Base#toggle(attribute) and Base#toggle!(attribute) that makes it easier to flip a switch or flag.
 
     Before: topic.update_attribute(:approved, !approved?)
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index 76b9ea0e36..bd7195a33b 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
       # 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.to_s] = value
+        self[name] = value
         save
       end
 
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb
index 39eb6c013b..1da73d6dc5 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     # This is especially useful for boolean flags on existing records. The regular +update_attribute+ method
     # in Base is replaced with this when the validations module is mixed in, which it is by default.
     def update_attribute_with_validation_skipping(name, value)
-      @attributes[name] = value
+      self[name] = value
       save(false)
     end
 
diff --git a/activerecord/test/base_test.rb b/activerecord/test/base_test.rb
index 07740547cd..ccd9152e60 100755
--- a/activerecord/test/base_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/base_test.rb
@@ -367,6 +367,9 @@ class BasicsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert !Topic.find(1).approved?
     Topic.find(1).update_attribute("approved", true)
     assert Topic.find(1).approved?
+
+    Topic.find(1).update_attribute(:approved, false)
+    assert !Topic.find(1).approved?
   end
   
   def test_mass_assignment_protection