Best way to find_or_create_by_id but update the attributes if the record is found

Question

I\'m looking for a clean way to create a record with a set of attributes if the record does not exist and - if the record do exist - to update its attributes. I love the syn

Answer 1

I did this yesterday, wishing there was a way to do it in a one-liner.

Ended up going with (using your code):

c = Category.find_or_initialize_by_id(category.id)
c.name = category.name
c.save

Perhaps there is a nicer way, but this is what I used.

[Edit: use initialize instead of create to avoid hitting the DB twice)