# Script/console : modify an attribute

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-console-modify-an-attribute/160788>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 19, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-console-modify-an-attribute/160788 "2009-02-19T18:23:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![loader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/5daacb/32.png) [@loader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/loader)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-console-modify-an-attribute/160788/1 "2009-02-19T18:23:55Z")

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Hello everyone! 🙂

I would like to know how to modify a variable in the console?

I did this :  
e = Entry.find(:first)  
e.dev.community.name = “Ruby Geeks”  
e.save

But when I look into my database, the variable didn’t changed. Did I  
mystype?

Thank you 🙂

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**Author:** ![loader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/5daacb/32.png) [@loader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/loader)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-console-modify-an-attribute/160788/2 "2009-02-19T18:48:13Z")

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On 19 Feb 2009, at 17:23, Guillaume L. wrote:

> But when I look into my database, the variable didn’t changed. Did I  
> mystype?

you didn’t save the right object - e.dev.community.save would

Fred