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May 8, 2012 15:42
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A Weak Attributes-Assignment Method for ActiveRecords, that merges in the values only when the attribute is blank?
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| def weak_assign_attributes(new_attributes) | |
| new_attributes = new_attributes.stringify_keys | |
| new_attributes = self.attributes.merge(new_attributes){|key, old_val, new_val| old_val.present? ? old_val : new_val}. | |
| diff(self.attributes) | |
| self.attributes = new_attributes | |
| end |
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