How to add to a serialized array

Question

I have an existing user which has a serialized field and I want to be able to add recent messages to the array / serialized field.

class User < ActiveReco         


        

Answer 1

You can also try following code:- By default @user.recent_messages would be nil

@user.recent_messages ||= []
@user.recent_messages << params[:message]
@user.save