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Gyanendra Singh
Gyanendra Singh

Reputation: 1005

Override rails update_all method

I need to override the rails (active record) update_all method so that it always updates the updated_at field as well. How should I go about achieving this?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1430

Answers (2)

Baldrick
Baldrick

Reputation: 24340

Put the following code in a file /config/initializers/update_all_with_touch.rb

class ActiveRecord::Relation

  def update_all_with_touch(updates, conditions = nil, options = {})

    now = Time.now

    # Inject the 'updated_at' column into the updates
    case updates
      when Hash;   updates.merge!(updated_at: now)
      when String; updates += ", updated_at = '#{now.to_s(:db)}'"
      when Array;  updates[0] += ', updated_at = ?'; updates << now
    end

    update_all_without_touch(updates, conditions, options)
  end
  alias_method_chain :update_all, :touch

end

It automatically adds the parameter :updated_at => Time.now whenever you use update_all.

Explanation:

This snippet use alias_method_chain to override the default of update_all: 

alias_method_chain :update_all, :touch

The method update_all is replaced by the method update_all_with_touch I've defined, and the original update_all is renamed update_all_without_touch. The new method modifies the upgrades object to inject the update of updated_at, and next call the original update_all.

Upvotes: 7

user2503775
user2503775

Reputation: 4367

You can override the update_all method in your model:

 def self.update_all(attr_hash) # override method
    attr_hash[:updated_at] = Time.now.utc
    super( attr_hash )
 end

Upvotes: 2

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