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Created September 10, 2011 00:16
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New syntax for Active Record.
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new_syntax.rb
User.where(:first_name => 'Scarlett').first_or_create!(:last_name => "Johansson", :hot => true)
# => #<User id: 1, first_name: "Scarlett", last_name: "Johansson", hot: true>
User.where(:first_name => 'Scarlett').first_or_create!(:last_name => "O'Hara", :hot => false)
# => #<User id: 1, first_name: "Scarlett", last_name: "Johansson", hot: true>
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old_syntax.rb
User.find_or_create_by_first_name!(:first_name => 'Scarlett', :last_name => "Johansson", :hot => true)
# => #<User id: 1, first_name: "Scarlett", last_name: "Johansson", hot: true>
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olimart commented Oct 16, 2011

2nd example will output the following "last_name: "O'Hara", hot: false"
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No. The output is correct.

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olimart commented Oct 16, 2011

So with your first example you create Scarlett but on 2nd attempt because Scarlett already exists it returns the first Scarlett found, right?

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