Rails 2
You can use
record.send(:update_without_callbacks)
or
record.send(:create_without_callbacks)
This can be used as a lightweight alternative to machinist's make or FactoryGirl's create, when you just need objects in the database but don't care about any callbacks or validations. Note that create_without_callbacks does not return the object, so you might want to do
record = Record.new.tap(&:create_without_callbacks)
Rails 3
Rails 3 no longer comes with update_without_callbacks or create_without_callbacks. There is no such thing in vanilla Rails 3.
There is a gem
sneaky-save
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that restores the missing functionality with a #sneaky_save method.
Posted by Tobias Kraze to makandra dev (2010-09-17 16:32)