From: eden <eden.li@...>
Date: 2006-10-07T14:22:10+09:00
Subject: Re: RoR : Shortening this code

> Why is the second solution the better one ?

I guess it's personal preference.  There's not really any huge
difference between the two methods.  It all depends on what the context
is -- update() returns the object, and update_attribute() returns
true/false depending on whether the update succeeded or not (minus
validation checks).