No suggestions to this complicated question, so I kept digging.
added before_validation filter on create that Checks if account_name
is not blank and unique. If not unique, it sets it to blank. A
validates_presence_of validation then catches the error and uses a
custom error message.
On Oct 27, 7:19 pm, AppleII717 <sa...-ee4meeAH724@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> Using Devise on an application with basecamp like subdomains.
>
> You can only register(sign_up) if the account(subdomain) you are
> creating is unique.
>
> You can only register(sign_up) from the root domain.
>
> account_name is attr_accessor :account_name in user record and is
> created when the user is created (before_create)
>
> Can''t use validates_uniqueness_of :subdomain_name because it is
not
> part of the record. Creates winny_nil error
>
> I can test it in my create_account method and return false if it is
> not unique, but no feedback.
>
> I tried
>
> validates_uniqueness_of :account_name, :on => :create, :if
> => :check_unique, :message => "Name must be unique"
>
> And returning false does nothing.
>
> Without going into javascript, how can I validate this in the user
> record?
>
> I realize this my be a little complicated for this list (and short),
> but though I''d give it a try.
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