Index: lib/fixture_replacement/fixture_replacement.rb
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--- lib/fixture_replacement/fixture_replacement.rb	(revision 31)
+++ lib/fixture_replacement/fixture_replacement.rb	(working copy)
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@
           hash_given = args[0] || Hash.new
           merged_hash = self.send(attributes_method).merge(hash_given)
           evaluated_hash = Generator.merge_unevaluated_method(self, :create, merged_hash)        
-          obj = class_name.create!(evaluated_hash)
+          obj = class_name.new
+          evaluated_hash.each { |k, v| obj.update_attribute(k, v) }
+          obj.save!
           obj          
         end
       end
@@ -86,7 +88,9 @@
           hash_given = args[0] || Hash.new
           merged_hash = self.send(attributes_method).merge(hash_given)
           evaluated_hash = Generator.merge_unevaluated_method(self, :create, merged_hash)
-          class_name.new(evaluated_hash)
+          obj = class_name.new
+          evaluated_hash.each { |k, v| obj.update_attribute(k, v) }
+          obj
         end
       end
     end