Rails - Jan 2006 - Model Validation & Floating Attributes

Hello all !

I have a model being validated that spits it''s error messages on the
resulting page using:
error_messages_for(:mymodel) .... Basic stuff.  It''s working perfectly.

Now, I have something else I want to check on the same page (that isn''t
an
attribute to the Model)... and am trying to add it using:
@mymodel.errors.add_to_base("another error here")

However... this doesn''t seem to be working.  On the view, the custom
error
message isn''t being displayed... only the ones from default validation.
When doing an inspect on the model, here is what I see:

#<MyModel:0x4089b20c @errors=#<ActiveRecord::Errors:0x4087fe6c
@errors={"base"=>["another error here"]},
@base=#<MyModel:0x4089b20c
...>>, @new_record=true, @password_confirmation="",
@password="",
@attributes={"created_on"=>Wed Jan 18 16:35:38 PST 2006,
"status"=>true, "birthdate"=>#<Date:
4907507/2,0,2299161>,
"hashed_password"=>nil, "updated_on"=>Wed Jan 18
16:35:38 PST 2006,
"zipcode"=>"", "first_name"=>"",
"last_name"=>"", "user_name"=>"",
"email"=>""}>


So, it looks like the custom error is being added to an hash entry called
"base" within @errors... while there is another  parameter called
@base.

If anybody has any insight into this, that would be great.
Thank you !
=Dylan
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Nobody has had to do something similar ?  This form is basically a standard
form, with a "captcha" at the bottom... and if they mistype in the
captcha
and leave the form blank, I want all the error messages to be uniformly
displayed.


On 1/18/06, Dylan Stamat <dylans@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all !
>
> I have a model being validated that spits it''s error messages on
the
> resulting page using:
> error_messages_for(:mymodel) .... Basic stuff.  It''s working
perfectly.
>
> Now, I have something else I want to check on the same page (that
isn''t an
> attribute to the Model)... and am trying to add it using:
> @mymodel.errors.add_to_base("another error here")
>
> However... this doesn''t seem to be working.  On the view, the
custom error
> message isn''t being displayed... only the ones from default
validation.
> When doing an inspect on the model, here is what I see:
>
> #<MyModel:0x4089b20c @errors=#<ActiveRecord::Errors:0x4087fe6c
@errors={"base"=>["another error here"]},
@base=#<MyModel
> :0x4089b20c ...>>, @new_record=true,
@password_confirmation="", @password="",
@attributes={"created_on"=>Wed Jan 18 16:35:38 PST 2006,
"status"=>true, "birthdate"=>#<Date:
4907507/2,0,2299161>, "hashed_password"=>nil,
"updated_on"=>Wed Jan 18 16:35:38 PST 2006,
"zipcode"=>"", "first_name"=>"",
"last_name"=>"", "user_name"=>"",
"email"=>""}>
>
>
> So, it looks like the custom error is being added to an hash entry called
> "base" within @errors... while there is another  parameter called
@base.
>
> If anybody has any insight into this, that would be great.
> Thank you !
> => Dylan
>
>
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