where is save_without_validation ?

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a = Author.new(:name => "Test")

=> #<Author:0x34eaa54 @attributes={"name"=>"Test", "email"=>nil,
"created_at"=>nil}, @new_record=true> >> a.save => false >> a.errors => #<ActiveRecord::Errors:0x34e92f8 @base=#<Author:0x34eaa54
@errors=#<ActiveRecord::Errors:0x34e92f8 ...>, @attributes= {"name"=>"Test", "modified_at"=>nil, "url"=>nil, "is_active"=>false,
"hashed_pass"=>nil, "email"=>nil, "created_at"=>nil},
@new_record=true>, @errors={"email"=>["can't be blank"]}> >> a.save(false) => true

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Zach Inglis // LT3media wrote:

>> a.save(false) => true

What's wrong with calling save_without_validation? Is that

      /de-facto/ private?

validations involving unique table keys require lots of

       database hits, so saving without validation is faster,        right?