Rails - Jun 2005 - validation for form fields not tied to a db record?

Hi,

I want to do validation on pages that send email.  None of the fields
are directly tied to any database table so it doesn''t seem to make
sense to use the ActiveRecord::Base class but on the other hand I like
the validation methods.  What is the Rails way to do validation for
such pages?

Thanks,
Frank

Frank Kim wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I want to do validation on pages that send email.  None of the fields
>are directly tied to any database table so it doesn''t seem to make
>sense to use the ActiveRecord::Base class but on the other hand I like
>the validation methods.  What is the Rails way to do validation for
>such pages?
>  
>
Typically this is done by hand. There have been many suggestions that 
validations should be factored out of AR into a reusable module, but 
nobody has done so yet. If you really wanted you could create a model 
object and just use valid? instead of save.

I just updated the Wiki with info on how to do this.

http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/show/ 
HowToUseValidationsWithoutExtendingActiveRecord

Hope it helps,
Trevor

On 1-Jun-05, at 5:15 PM, Nicholas Seckar wrote:
> Frank Kim wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want to do validation on pages that send email.  None of the fields
>> are directly tied to any database table so it doesn''t seem to
make
>> sense to use the ActiveRecord::Base class but on the other hand I like
>> the validation methods.  What is the Rails way to do validation for
>> such pages?
>>
> Typically this is done by hand. There have been many suggestions that  
> validations should be factored out of AR into a reusable module, but  
> nobody has done so yet. If you really wanted you could create a model  
> object and just use valid? instead of save.
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email friendly version of the same link:

http://tinyurl.com/cpptt

On 6/1/05, Trevor Squires <trevor-k8q5a0yEZAgS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> 
> I just updated the Wiki with info on how to do this.
> 
> http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/show/
> HowToUseValidationsWithoutExtendingActiveRecord
> 
> Hope it helps,
> Trevor
> 
> On 1-Jun-05, at 5:15 PM, Nicholas Seckar wrote:
> 
> > Frank Kim wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I want to do validation on pages that send email.  None of the
fields
> >> are directly tied to any database table so it doesn''t
seem to make
> >> sense to use the ActiveRecord::Base class but on the other hand I
like
> >> the validation methods.  What is the Rails way to do validation
for
> >> such pages?
> >>
> > Typically this is done by hand. There have been many suggestions that
> > validations should be factored out of AR into a reusable module, but
> > nobody has done so yet. If you really wanted you could create a model
> > object and just use valid? instead of save.
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rails mailing list
> > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org
> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> 
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On Thursday 02 June 2005 15:53, Michael Campbell wrote:
> email friendly version of the same link:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/cpptt
>
I guess rails people should be more towards the rails-based url site =)

http://qurl.net/fI

woot! its even shorter =)
(and that is i at the end not l, probably qurl should be made case-agnostic? 
i''ll CC the author)

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