UpdateOrCreate

This gem gives ActiveRecord a method called as update_or_create_by which can be used along with a block to update or create by the arguments passed.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'update_or_create'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install update_or_create

Usage

This gem gives ActiveRecord a method called as update_or_create_by which can be used along with a block to update or create by the arguments passed. For Eg.,
irb(main):007:0> User.update_or_create_by_first_name("Manish") do |rec|
irb(main):008:1* rec.last_name='Puri'
irb(main):009:1* rec.sex= 'Male'
irb(main):010:1> end

 => #<User id: 13, first_name: "Manish", last_name: "Puri", sex: "Male", address: nil, created_at: "2014-02-22 18:35:32", updated_at: "2014-02-22 18:36:16">
irb(main):010:0>

You can also use User.update_or_create_by_first_name_and_last_name("Manish","Puri") and pass the block.

Contributing

  1. Fork it ( http://github.com/manishspuri/update_or_create/fork )
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  5. Create new Pull Request