Bypass attr_accessible in seeds.rb

Question

I cannot really find a clean way to bypass attr_accessible when creating seed data. I would like to be able to use mass assignment without any problems, since i know that this seed file is totally safe.

Is there a clean way to force Rails 3 to accept those ?

Answer 1

Here's a quick hack (thanks Mike), put this at the top of your seeds.rb:

# Dodge the mass assignment
User.send(:attr_accessible, :username)
User.send(:attr_accessible, :admin)

Now you can call this with ease without cluttering up your model (using :as => :seed):

@user = User.find_or_create_by_username(:username => 'ryanonrails', :admin => true)

Answer 2

#in model
attr_accessible :name, :role,.... :as => :seed

#in seed.rb
model.assign_attributes({name: "Putin", role: "president"....},:as => :seed)
model.save