How to tell if there was a save or validation attempt in a Rails model?

Question

I need to check if a model has had any attempt to be saved or validated without actually saving/validating it. The method #valid? does run the validations, so it doesn't fit here.

Answer 1

You can add a custom validation method . Your method will be executed on any validation attempt. You can set a flag inside your validation method to know if it has been executed. But I see no point in this task. I doubt you really should do this.