Best way to do this:
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(word is unique)
1 Select * from words where word = "test" 2 If result > 0 then update words set count = coun +1 3 else Insert into words (word, count) values ("test", 1)
class Word < ActiveRecord::Base end
word = Word.find_or_create_by_name("test") word.count = word.count + 1 word.save
will propably do the job
