Updates to an ActiveResource model

I have a front end Rails 2.1 app which makes ActiveResource model
calls to an ActiveRecord back end.
When I edit a record, and save - the backend is calling create rather
than update. Any thoughts on where I should investigate the cause?

== front end ==
[Query model]

class Query < ActiveResource::Base
self.site = ENV[“AR_SITE”]

def update_attributes(attributes)
self.attributes = attributes
save
end

end

[Query controller]

PUT /queries/1

PUT /queries/1.xml

def update
@query = Query.find(params[:id])
logger.info @query.new?.to_s
respond_to do |format|
if @query.update_attributes(params[:query])
flash[:notice] = ‘Query was successfully updated.’
format.html { redirect_to(@query) }
format.xml { head :ok }
else
format.html { render :action => “edit” }
format.xml { render :xml => @query.errors, :status
=> :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end

[log]
Rendering queries/edit
Completed in 0.20789 (4 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.00468 (2%) | DB:
0.00000 (0%) | 200 OK [http://localhost/queries/25/edit]

Processing QueriesController#update (for 127.0.0.1 at 2008-08-05
10:29:03) [PUT]
Session ID:
BAh7BzoMY3NyZl9pZCIlNzI2YjkxOWFiM2VhM2U4NDU4NTIzZDdlNmUyZTFm
ZGMiCmZsYXNoSUM6J0FjdGlvbkNvbnRyb2xsZXI6OkZsYXNoOjpGbGFzaEhh
c2h7AAY6CkB1c2VkewA=–61d650921b3c0ce3c4165301c271771ef873f8eb
Parameters: {“commit”=>“Update”,
“authenticity_token”=>“e1303142494a26327be638a323ce4b1c7a13a78b”,
“_method”=>“put”, “action”=>“update”, “id”=>“25”,
“controller”=>“queries”, “query”=>{“query_type_id”=>“1”,
“query_string_id”=>“1”, “comment”=>“updated at 10:28”,
“query_status_id”=>“1”}}
false {ie query id 25 exists already}
Redirected to http://localhost:3000/queries/26
Completed in 0.25446 (3 reqs/sec) | DB: 0.00000 (0%) | 302 Found
[http://localhost/queries/25]

== back end ==
Processing QueriesController#show (for 127.0.0.1 at 2008-08-05
10:29:03) [GET]
Session ID: 72d6d6a58c3fb2234fc134e6f4efc25c
Parameters: {“format”=>“xml”, “action”=>“show”, “id”=>“25”,
“controller”=>“queries”}
Query Load (0.000559) SELECT * FROM “queries” WHERE
(“queries”.“id” = 25)
Completed in 0.01947 (51 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.00015 (0%) | DB:
0.00056 (2%) | 200 OK [http://localhost/queries/25.xml]

Processing QueriesController#create (for 127.0.0.1 at 2008-08-05
10:29:04) [POST]
Session ID: 25abed8e86dd5cbc7810ed9cc3b3d33a
Parameters: {“format”=>“xml”, “action”=>“create”,
“controller”=>“queries”, “query”=>{“query_type_id”=>“1”,
“query_string_id”=>“1”, “comment”=>“updated at 10:28”,
“query_status_id”=>“1”}}
Query Create (0.000358) INSERT INTO “queries” (“updated_at”,
“query_type_id”, “query_string_id”, “comment”, “query_status_id”,
“created_at”) VALUES(‘2008-08-05 09:29:04’, 1, 1, ‘updated at 10:28’,
1, ‘2008-08-05 09:29:04’)
Completed in 0.02947 (33 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.00243 (8%) | DB:
0.00036 (1%) | 201 Created [http://localhost/queries.xml]