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I'm updating product stock inventory attribute programactically. Considering performance, instead of saving whole product, I'm saving quantity attribute only.

    //  $quantity value
$stock = Mage::getModel('cataloginventory/stock_item')->loadByProduct($_product);
$mainCurrQty = $stock->getQty();
$stock->setQty($mainCurrQty-$quantity);

At the same time I want to call catalog_product_save_after observer which is not working as it's not saving the product and saving the attribute value only. How I can call catalog_product_save_after observer when only a particular attribute value is updated programatically?

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Dispatch the event yourself with the same data as Magento does in save():

Mage::dispatchEvent('catalog_product_save_after', array(
    'data_object' => $_product,
    'product' => $_product)
);
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    This is dangerous. If the $_product is not fully loaded (it comes form a collection) it may result in loss of data – Marius♦ Jul 22 '15 at 8:02
  • I agree that there might be observers that rely on a fully loaded product and don't behave as expected. Loss of data is the worst case, of course, but does not happen per se. – Fabian Schmengler Jul 22 '15 at 8:09
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    True. It depends on what the observers for that event do. But it's something that should be kept in mind. – Marius♦ Jul 22 '15 at 8:23

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