How to avoid validation, callbacks and attr_accessible effects during the sowing process using Ruby on Rails 3?

Question

I am using Ruby on Rails 3 and I am trying to sow data in my application database.

In 'RAILS_ROOT / models / user.rb' I have:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessible #none validates :name, :presence => true validates :surname, :presence => true validates :email, :presence => true end 

In 'RAILS_ROOT / db / seeds.rb' I have:

 # Test 1 User.find_or_create_by_email ( :name => "Test1 name", :surname => "Test1 surname", :email => " [e-mail]1 " ) # Test2 User.find_or_create_by_email ( :name => "", :surname => "", :email => " [e-mail]2 " ) 

So, working in the terminal

 rake db:seed 

Of course, the database will NOT be populated with data, because "attr_accessible" is for nil (Case Test1) and the verification failed (Case Test2).

I would like to skip the check and “attr-available effects” during the sowing process. Is it possible? If so, how to do it?

PS: I do not want to use the code 'RAILS_ROOT / db / migrate / 201 .... rb' as follows:

 execute "INSERT INTO users ( name, surname, email ) VALUES ( "Test1 name", "Test1 surname", " [e-mail]1 ")" 

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UPDATE

I need to also skip all callbacks. Is it possible? If so, how?

Answer 1

If you check the ActiveRecord documentation , you will see that the attributes= method has a parameter to enable this:

attributes=(new_attributes, guard_protected_attributes = true)

Use it as follows:

 # Create a new user @user = User.new # Attributes for the user @attrib = { :name => "Test1 name", :surname => "Test1 surname", :email => " [e-mail]1 " } # Use 'send' to call the attributes= method on the object @user.send :attributes=, @attrib, false # Save the object @user.save 

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