Method: ActiveRecord::Relation#update_all

Defined in:

activerecord/lib/active_record/relation.rb

#update_all(updates) ⇒ Object

Updates all records in the current relation with details given. This method constructs a single SQL UPDATE statement and sends it straight to the database. It does not instantiate the involved models and it does not trigger Active Record callbacks or validations. However, values passed to #update_all will still go through Active Record’s normal type casting and serialization. Returns the number of rows affected.

Note: As Active Record callbacks are not triggered, this method will not automatically update updated_at/updated_on columns.

Parameters

• updates - A string, array, or hash representing the SET part of an SQL statement. Any strings provided will be type cast, unless you use Arel.sql. (Don’t pass user-provided values to Arel.sql.)

Examples

# Update all customers with the given attributes
Customer.update_all wants_email: true

# Update all books with 'Rails' in their title
Book.where('title LIKE ?', '%Rails%').update_all(author: 'David')

# Update all books that match conditions, but limit it to 5 ordered by date
Book.where('title LIKE ?', '%Rails%').order(:created_at).limit(5).update_all(author: 'David')

# Update all invoices and set the number column to its id value.
Invoice.update_all('number = id')

# Update all books with 'Rails' in their title
Book.where('title LIKE ?', '%Rails%').update_all(title: Arel.sql("title + ' - volume 1'"))

Raises:

• (ArgumentError)

# File 'activerecord/lib/active_record/relation.rb', line 581

def update_all(updates)
  raise ArgumentError, "Empty list of attributes to change" if updates.blank?

  return 0 if @none

  if updates.is_a?(Hash)
    if klass.locking_enabled? &&
        !updates.key?(klass.locking_column) &&
        !updates.key?(klass.locking_column.to_sym)
      attr = table[klass.locking_column]
      updates[attr.name] = _increment_attribute(attr)
    end
    values = _substitute_values(updates)
  else
    values = Arel.sql(klass.sanitize_sql_for_assignment(updates, table.name))
  end

  klass.with_connection do |c|
    arel = eager_loading? ? apply_join_dependency.arel : build_arel(c)
    arel.source.left = table

    group_values_arel_columns = arel_columns(group_values.uniq)
    having_clause_ast = having_clause.ast unless having_clause.empty?
    key = if klass.composite_primary_key?
      primary_key.map { |pk| table[pk] }
    else
      table[primary_key]
    end
    stmt = arel.compile_update(values, key, having_clause_ast, group_values_arel_columns)
    c.update(stmt, "#{klass} Update All").tap { reset }
  end
end