# Using the update_attribute() API using the rails console

I had a task at work to add data from the rails console after generating migrations and was puzzled about how to do it. After spending some time on the problem, I asked for help and this is what I got:

```ruby
object=Model.first
object.description = "Lorem Ipsum"
object.save
```

The problem was, it returned `false` which I had a hint that it didn't work.

I checked the frontend and it didn't show the data I entered and ran reload on the rails console again but it still didn't update the data.

I knew I had to check the docs and figure out how to do it.

I found [this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/29747855) answer on SO which helped me with my problem.

```ruby
object=Model.first
object.update_attribute(:book_description, "Lorem Ipsum")
object.save
```

This updated the data on the frontend which was the goal of the task.