Merge pull request rails#6739 from steveklabnik/3-2-stable

Deprecate update_attribute

activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_one_association.rb

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def delete(method = options[:dependent])
             when :destroy
               target.destroy
             when :nullify
-              target.update_attribute(reflection.foreign_key, nil)
+              target.update_column(reflection.foreign_key, nil)
           end
         end
       end

activerecord/lib/active_record/migration.rb

@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def initialize(name)
   #       add_column :people, :salary, :integer
   #       Person.reset_column_information
   #       Person.all.each do |p|
-  #         p.update_attribute :salary, SalaryCalculator.compute(p)
+  #         p.update_column :salary, SalaryCalculator.compute(p)
   #       end
   #     end
   #   end
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def initialize(name)
   #     ...
   #     say_with_time "Updating salaries..." do
   #       Person.all.each do |p|
-  #         p.update_attribute :salary, SalaryCalculator.compute(p)
+  #         p.update_column :salary, SalaryCalculator.compute(p)
   #       end
   #     end
   #     ...

activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb

@@ -174,8 +174,12 @@ def becomes(klass)
     # * updated_at/updated_on column is updated if that column is available.
     # * Updates all the attributes that are dirty in this object.
     #
+    # This method has been deprecated in favor of <tt>update_column</tt> due to
+    # its similarity with <tt>update_attributes</tt>.
+    #
     def update_attribute(name, value)
       name = name.to_s
+      ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn("update_attribute is deprecated and will be removed in Rails 4. If you want to skip mass-assignment protection, callbacks, and modifying updated_at, use update_column. If you do want those things, use update_attributes.")
       raise ActiveRecordError, "#{name} is marked as readonly" if self.class.readonly_attributes.include?(name)
       send("#{name}=", value)
       save(:validate => false)
@@ -239,7 +243,7 @@ def increment(attribute, by = 1)
     # Saving is not subjected to validation checks. Returns +true+ if the
     # record could be saved.
     def increment!(attribute, by = 1)
-      increment(attribute, by).update_attribute(attribute, self[attribute])
+      increment(attribute, by).update_column(attribute, self[attribute])
     end
 
     # Initializes +attribute+ to zero if +nil+ and subtracts the value passed as +by+ (default is 1).
@@ -256,7 +260,7 @@ def decrement(attribute, by = 1)
     # Saving is not subjected to validation checks. Returns +true+ if the
     # record could be saved.
     def decrement!(attribute, by = 1)
-      decrement(attribute, by).update_attribute(attribute, self[attribute])
+      decrement(attribute, by).update_column(attribute, self[attribute])
     end
 
     # Assigns to +attribute+ the boolean opposite of <tt>attribute?</tt>. So
@@ -273,7 +277,7 @@ def toggle(attribute)
     # Saving is not subjected to validation checks. Returns +true+ if the
     # record could be saved.
     def toggle!(attribute)
-      toggle(attribute).update_attribute(attribute, self[attribute])
+      toggle(attribute).update_column(attribute, self[attribute])
     end
 
     # Reloads the attributes of this object from the database.

activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb

@@ -2127,7 +2127,7 @@ def test_cache_key_format_for_existing_record_with_updated_at
 
   def test_cache_key_format_for_existing_record_with_nil_updated_at
     dev = Developer.first
-    dev.update_attribute(:updated_at, nil)
+    dev.update_column(:updated_at, nil)
     assert_match(/\/#{dev.id}$/, dev.cache_key)
   end
 

activerecord/test/cases/dirty_test.rb

@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ def test_previous_changes
     assert !pirate.previous_changes.key?('created_on')
 
     pirate = Pirate.find_by_catchphrase("Ahoy!")
-    pirate.update_attribute(:catchphrase, "Ninjas suck!")
+    pirate.update_column(:catchphrase, "Ninjas suck!")
 
     assert_equal 2, pirate.previous_changes.size
     assert_equal ["Ahoy!", "Ninjas suck!"], pirate.previous_changes['catchphrase']

activerecord/test/cases/persistence_test.rb

@@ -355,10 +355,17 @@ def test_destroy_record_with_associations
 
   def test_update_attribute
     assert !Topic.find(1).approved?
-    Topic.find(1).update_attribute("approved", true)
+
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do
+      Topic.find(1).update_attribute("approved", true)
+    end
+
     assert Topic.find(1).approved?
 
-    Topic.find(1).update_attribute(:approved, false)
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do
+      Topic.find(1).update_attribute(:approved, false)
+    end
+
     assert !Topic.find(1).approved?
   end
 
@@ -368,7 +375,10 @@ def test_update_attribute_does_not_choke_on_nil
 
   def test_update_attribute_for_readonly_attribute
     minivan = Minivan.find('m1')
-    assert_raises(ActiveRecord::ActiveRecordError) { minivan.update_attribute(:color, 'black') }
+
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do
+      assert_raises(ActiveRecord::ActiveRecordError) { minivan.update_attribute(:color, 'black') }
+    end
   end
 
   # This test is correct, but it is hard to fix it since
@@ -395,7 +405,11 @@ def test_update_attribute_for_readonly_attribute
   def test_update_attribute_with_one_updated
     t = Topic.first
     title = t.title
-    t.update_attribute(:title, 'super_title')
+
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do
+      t.update_attribute(:title, 'super_title')
+    end
+
     assert_equal 'super_title', t.title
     assert !t.changed?, "topic should not have changed"
     assert !t.title_changed?, "title should not have changed"
@@ -409,10 +423,16 @@ def test_update_attribute_for_updated_at_on
     developer = Developer.find(1)
     prev_month = Time.now.prev_month
 
-    developer.update_attribute(:updated_at, prev_month)
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do
+      developer.update_attribute(:updated_at, prev_month)
+    end
+
     assert_equal prev_month, developer.updated_at
 
-    developer.update_attribute(:salary, 80001)
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do
+      developer.update_attribute(:salary, 80001)
+    end
+
     assert_not_equal prev_month, developer.updated_at
 
     developer.reload
@@ -450,7 +470,7 @@ def test_update_column_should_raise_exception_if_new_record
 
   def test_update_column_should_not_leave_the_object_dirty
     topic = Topic.find(1)
-    topic.update_attribute("content", "Have a nice day")
+    topic.update_column("content", "Have a nice day")
 
     topic.reload
     topic.update_column(:content, "You too")

activerecord/test/cases/timestamp_test.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class TimestampTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
 
   def setup
     @developer = Developer.order(:id).first
-    @developer.update_attribute(:updated_at, Time.now.prev_month)
+    @developer.update_column(:updated_at, Time.now.prev_month)
     @previously_updated_at = @developer.updated_at
   end
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def test_touching_a_record_with_a_belongs_to_that_uses_a_counter_cache_should_up
 
     pet = Pet.first
     owner = pet.owner
-    owner.update_attribute(:happy_at, 3.days.ago)
+    owner.update_column(:happy_at, 3.days.ago)
     previously_owner_updated_at = owner.updated_at
 
     pet.name = "I'm a parrot"