Given the following: class Topic < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessible :text validate :text end raises no Exeception. It''s seems a little bit strange. I''d like to understand if it is a correct behavior or not I Think that validate should raises exception when it has attibutes as argument. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-core+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.