Rails - Oct 2006 - Turning off magic columns (updated_at, created_at) possible?

Is there a way to turn off "magic column"  functionality (updated_at, 
created_at, etc...)?

For example,  I recently ran a script to save the latitude/longitude of 
all of my users based on their zip codes. Everything worked fine, then I 
realized all of the user''s updated_at columns were changed. Damn! I 
forgot about that. While I want these columns to "just work" in most 
cases, is there a way to turn it off on demand? I doubt there is a built 
in feature -- but maybe somebody has an idea. Thanks.

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Adam Roth wrote:
> Is there a way to turn off "magic column"  functionality
(updated_at,
> created_at, etc...)?
> 
> For example,  I recently ran a script to save the latitude/longitude of 
> all of my users based on their zip codes. Everything worked fine, then I 
> realized all of the user''s updated_at columns were changed. Damn!
I
> forgot about that. While I want these columns to "just work" in
most
> cases, is there a way to turn it off on demand? I doubt there is a built 
> in feature -- but maybe somebody has an idea. Thanks.
From the docs:

"This behavior can be turned off by setting 
ActiveRecord::Base.record_timestamps = false."

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