#59 Optimistic Locking (revised)
Aug 04, 2012 | 8 minutes | Active Record
There is a chance one user will unintentionally override someone else's changes if they update a record near the same time. One solution is to use optimistic locking. The updated_at column can also be used for this as shown.
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