#write_attribute doesn't seem to be available any more:

irb> u2.write_attribute(:username, u.username.clone)
NoMethodError: private method `write_attribute' called for #<user:0x5d84b88>

I have a tendency to go along with every little thing that

was in fact written within “5 Ways to set Attributes in ActiveRecord

| David Verhasselt”. Thanks for all the actual info.

Thanks for the post-Modesto

I liked your blog a only a blog from one direction, and I continue to read!

Dig it!

excellent post. very basic staff that needs to be understood.

this is great!

Enjoyed the post! Thanks for the tips!

Thanks for answering my question!!!

Recent changes in Rails 3 altered the behavior of update_attribute to run validations. Use update_column to save to the database without validations.

As far as I can tell, update_attribute does not run validations on ActiveRecord objects, but does on ActiveResource objects.