1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb
index af92ac6db8..6930a2a9d5 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 module ActiveRecord
+  class InvalidRecord < ActiveRecordError #:nodoc:
+  end
+  
   # Active Record validation is reported to and from this object, which is used by Base#save to
   # determine whether the object in a valid state to be saved. See usage example in Validations.
   class Errors
@@ -552,6 +555,12 @@ module ActiveRecord
       if perform_validation && valid? || !perform_validation then save_without_validation else false end
     end
 
+    # Attempts to save the record just like Base.save but will raise a InvalidRecord exception instead of returning false
+    # if the record is not valid.
+    def save!
+      valid? ? save_without_validation : raise(InvalidRecord)
+    end
+
     # Updates a single attribute and saves the record without going through the normal validation procedure.
     # This is especially useful for boolean flags on existing records. The regular +update_attribute+ method
     # in Base is replaced with this when the validations module is mixed in, which it is by default.