Skipping callbacks and validation

Question

Is there a way to skip callbacks and validation by doing something along these lines in Rails 3?

Object.save(:validate => false, :skip_callbacks => true)

Thanks!

Answer 1

For skipping callbacks in Rails 3, you can use update_all for your given purpose.

Source: update_all

The full list for skipping callbacks are here:

• decrement
• decrement_counter
• delete
• delete_all
• find_by_sql
• increment
• increment_counter
• toggle
• touch
• update_column
• update_all
• update_counters

Source: Skipping Callbacks

Answer 2

Object.save(:validate => false)

works as you would expect. So far as I know you cannot turn off callbacks (unless you return false from a before_ callback, but that then aborts the transaction).