# Have rails ignore validation

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/have-rails-ignore-validation/111813>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 11, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/have-rails-ignore-validation/111813 "2007-08-11T14:08:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![MarcS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@MarcS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MarcS)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/have-rails-ignore-validation/111813/1 "2007-08-11T14:08:34Z")

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Hi,

I’m looking for a way to tell rails to ingore the validation just in  
one specific instance.  
I have one function in my controller where I wanna save the object no  
matter what.  
Is there a way to do that?

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**Author:** ![MarcS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@MarcS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MarcS)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/have-rails-ignore-validation/111813/2 "2007-08-11T14:24:17Z")

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MarcS wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I’m looking for a way to tell rails to ingore the validation just in  
> one specific instance.  
> I have one function in my controller where I wanna save the object no  
> matter what.  
> Is there a way to do that?

Sure.

whatever.save\_with\_validations(false)

–Al Evans

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**Author:** ![MarcS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@MarcS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MarcS)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/have-rails-ignore-validation/111813/3 "2007-08-11T16:01:47Z")

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thanks

I’ll try that