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

None of these will work if your validations are written into the database itself.

+------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+------+-----+--------------------+----------------+
| Field                              | Type                                             | Null | Key | Default            | Extra          |
+------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+------+-----+--------------------+----------------+
| status                             | enum('Big','Small','Ugly','Stupid','Apologetic') | NO   |     | Stupid             |                |