# Update method problem in rails 2.2

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/update-method-problem-in-rails-2-2/163215>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 18, 2009, 11:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/update-method-problem-in-rails-2-2/163215 "2009-03-18T11:11:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![senthil\_raja](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@senthil\_raja](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/senthil_raja)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 11:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/update-method-problem-in-rails-2-2/163215/1 "2009-03-18T11:11:59Z")

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Hi Rails passengers

While doing update i am facing new type of error in rails 2.2.2

Its having params eg) params[:me][:like]

while doing @me.update\_attribute(params[:me])  
i am getting updated successfully but its not done actually… Not  
getting  
any errors in log tooo

How to fix this

Thanks in Advance

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**Author:** ![senthil\_raja](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@senthil\_raja](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/senthil_raja)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/update-method-problem-in-rails-2-2/163215/2 "2009-03-18T12:46:33Z")

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Senthil,  
if you want to update @me with multiple values from params[:me], you  
might  
want to be using update\_attributes, not the singular version.  
See [http://apidock.com/rails/ActiveRecord/Base/update\_attribute](http://apidock.com/rails/ActiveRecord/Base/update_attribute) and  
[update\_attributes (ActiveRecord::Base) - APIdock](http://apidock.com/rails/ActiveRecord/Base/update_attributes) for the  
difference.

James.

2009/3/18 senthil raja [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)