Save ActiveRecord attribute without type checking

rubyonrails-talk
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I want to do a "raw" update an attribute on a ActiveRecord model without Rails doing type checks on the underlying column in my db.

In other words - I want the create/update equivalent of "attributes_before_type_cast" which I can use when i read the column.

In my particular example I would like to set a DATE column in Mysql to "1970-00-00" for example. Mysql lets me set this value in a DATE column. When I try to set this value in Rails, the column gets nulled out.

Appreciate any help on this --Mats

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Use SQL, inside your model.

sql = ActiveRecord::Base.connection() sql.execute("sql statement for whatever you want to do;")

You can wrap this around a particular private function that you write.

Vish

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Hi Mats,

Not sure I understand your request, but you might be looking for save.with_validations(false)

hth, Bill

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Vish - that worked fine!

Thanks a lot! --Mats