How to disable/enable callbacks in Rails 3.1
Works for anything built on ActiveSupport (e.g. Mongoid).
Facility.skip_callback(:validation, :before, :set_latlng)
Facility.set_callback(:validation, :before, :set_latlng)
You can also call update_column if using AR.
http://jeffkreeftmeijer.com/2010/disabling-activemodel-callbacks/
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_validations_callbacks.html#skipping-callbacks











