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 skippin

Answer 1

If the goal is to simply insert or update a record without callbacks or validations, and you would like to do it without resorting to additional gems, adding conditional checks, using RAW SQL, or futzing with your exiting code in any way, it may be possible to use a "shadow object" which points to your existing db table. Like so:

class ImportedUser < ActiveRecord::Base
  # To import users with no validations or callbacks
  self.table_name = 'users'
end

This works with every version of Rails, is threadsafe, and completely eliminates all validations and callbacks with no modifications to your existing code. Just remember to use your new class to insert the object, like:

ImportedUser.new( person_attributes )