How do I update a cumulative field in a Rails database (using ActiveRecord or Mongoid)?

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Published on 2010-12-30T07:50:30Z Indexed on 2010/12/30 7:54 UTC
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I want to update a field in a database table that has to have a cumulative value. So basically I need to find the current value of the field and update it using a new number.

My first inefficient try at this (in Mongoid) is:

v = Landlord.where(:name=>"Lorem")
v.update_attributes(:violations=>v.violations + 10)

Is there a simple method than making one query to read, then sum up, and another query to write?

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