How can I avoid running ActiveRecord callbacks?

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Use update_column (Rails >= v3.1) or update_columns (Rails >= 4.0) to skip callbacks and validations. Also with these methods, updated_at is not updated.

#Rails >= v3.1 only
@person.update_column(:some_attribute, 'value')
#Rails >= v4.0 only
@person.update_columns(attributes)

http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Persistence.html#method-i-update_column

#2: Skipping callbacks that also works while creating an object

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessor :skip_some_callbacks

  before_validation :do_something
  after_validation :do_something_else

  skip_callback :validation, :before, :do_something, if: :skip_some_callbacks
  skip_callback :validation, :after, :do_something_else, if: :skip_some_callbacks
end

person = Person.new(person_params)
person.skip_some_callbacks = true
person.save

UPDATE (2020)

Apparently Rails has always supported :if and :unless options, so above code can be simplified as:

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessor :skip_some_callbacks

  before_validation :do_something, unless: :skip_some_callbacks
  after_validation :do_something_else, unless: :skip_some_callbacks
end

person = Person.new(person_params)
person.skip_some_callbacks = true
person.save

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