For what it’s worth, as of Rails 4.0.2, #update returns false if the update failed, not simply the object which the update failed for. Of further note, #update_attributes is simply an alias of #update now.
For what it’s worth, as of Rails 4.0.2, #update returns false if the update failed, not simply the object which the update failed for. Of further note, #update_attributes is simply an alias of #update now.