I''m using WhinyProtectedAttributes: http://henrik.nyh.se/2007/10/whiny-protected-attributes Say I have this model: class Person < ActiveRecord::Base attribute_accessible :name end If I then create a Person with an invalid attribute, an exception is raised. For example: Person.new :name => ''Bob'', :asdf => ''asdf'' What I''d like to do is, in the Person model, modify the hash of attributes before they''re set. This is what I came up with: class Person < ActiveRecord::Base attribute_accessible :name def initialize(attribs = {}) attribs_that_exist = AccessibleModelAttributes.extract self.class, attribs super attribs_that_exist end end Am I on the right track? Cheers, Nick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---