AR instances have a method #attribute_in_database. Sometimes things don’t make sense, someone has created a method with the same name as the column:
create table users (id int, email citext);
class User < ApplicationRecord
def email
Time.current.strftime("%A, %B %C")
end
end
User.first.email
=> "Thursday, March 20"
But you actually wan the email:
User.first.attribute_in_database("email")
=> "admin@example.com"