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 have been using this patten for seeds:

Category.find_or_initialize_by(id: category.id).update |c|
  c.name = category.name
end

It works the same as Dale Wijnand's and Teoulas answers (only saves the instance once) but uses a block like in your question.