rails 3 before_update callback

I have a model with before_update cal开发者_如何学JAVAlback

def
  if !condition
    #not update record
  end
end

I need this not update thing, how to prevent model update?

Use a custom validator. You can't prevent updating a record from a before_update

self.errors.add(:base, "Some error message")
return false

I don't think that before update callbacks are a good place to add validation code. You can do the same with the validates_each.