Example of updating a Rails Model attribute in place

update_model_in_place.rb

it "tries to update a Model's string attribute in place" do
  person = Person.new
  person.name = ""
  person.save!
  person.reload
      
  person.name = ""
  person.name << "TEST"
  person.save!
  person.reload
  person.name.should eq("")
      
  person.name = ""
  person.name_will_change!
  person.name << "TEST"
  person.save!
  person.reload
  person.name.should eq("TEST")
end