I used this code snipped to attempt to bulk replace some data in a user custom field. I derived it from the Ning importer . users=User.where("users.created_at <= '2019-09-13'::timestamp") users.each do |u| u.custom_fields = {"user_field_16" => "Nil"} u.save end However it had the unintended con…

I find this a useful tool for getting the rails syntax right when you want to manipulate these UCFs in the Rails console: If you are replacing data in that field UserCustomField.find_by(user_id: =UserID=, name: "=UserFieldName=").update(value: "=NewValue=") (will give you an error if there …

Manipulating custom user fields from the Rails console

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Kuro22 August 5, 2022, 3:01am 9

It seems that meta has this component on. (Just guessing

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Manipulating custom user fields from the Rails console

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