Re: [Rails] Updating objects in arrays

On 12 November 2012 19:42, byrnejb <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca> wrote:
> Perhaps this is a Rails issue. However, I need to first determine whether I
> simply am missing something about updating members of an array.
>
> I have an array of 10 ActiveRecord objects. I wish to iterate over the
> array and update an attribute. When I do this the underlying table row
> changes but the object in the array frequently does not. For example:
>
> count = 0
> current_entries.each do |entry|
> puts( entry.object_id )
> puts( current_entries[count].object_id )
> puts( "***" )
> puts( entry.lock_version )
> entry = set_customs_entry_status_for( entry, status )

You have not shown us set_customs_entry_status_for but it might be
informative to try a
puts( entry.object_id )
here.

Colin

> puts( entry.lock_version )
> current_entries[ count ] = entry
> puts( current_entries[ count ] = entry )
> end
>
> gives:
> 58380880
> 58380880
> ***
> 0
> 5
> 5
> 58378260
> 61590300
> ***
> 0
> 5
> 5
> 58377460
> 58392560
> ***
> . . .
>
> immediately followed by:
>
> current_entries.each do |entry|
> puts( entry.lock_version )
> end
>
> gives:
> 0
> 5
> 5
> 5
> 0
> 0
> 0
> 0
> 0
> 0
> 0
> 0
> 0
>
> Does anyone see what it is that I am doing wrong? Why are some, but not
> all, of the objects in the array unchanged?

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