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Retrying a first or create when two happen at the same time.
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first_or_create.rb
# Simple helper function for retrying a first or create when two happen
# at the same time and one violates the database unique index constraint.
def first_or_create(scope, attributes = {})
begin
scope.first_or_create(attributes)
rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique
retry
end
end
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