Rails 3 skip validations and callbacks

Question

I have a particularly complex model with validations and callbacks defined. The business needs now calls for a particular scenario where adding a new record requires skipping the validations and callbacks. What's the best way to do this?

Answer 1

This works in Rails 3:

Model.skip_callback(:create) model.save(:validate => false) Model.set_callback(:create) 

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