Rails - Mar 2006 - Forms with and without Models and Error Handling

Hi,

I currently programming a delicious clone to understand ruby on rails. 
The problem I''ve got is that I prefill a form (form without models) 
without a database connection and then save it into the database.

For validation i am using the validation helper methods. My Problem is 
that i don''t know how I get the error hash from the helper method 
validates... etc. because I don''t have a fully database connection (but
if the controller tries to save, the helper methods will evoke an 
errors.add - right?). When I update the records (form with database), 
everything is find (cause I have a real database connection). So my 
question is, how i can read out the errors in my controller or view?

error_messages_for... in the view will evoke an error that the object is 
nil.

Or do I have to programm my own validation actions as protected?

Greets -Jens (sorry for my bad english)




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Hi,

I am not sure if I follow exactly what you are saying. However I think
what you are asking for Validations for non-ActiveRecord Model
Objects. You may want to read

http://www.realityforge.org/articles/2005/12/02/validations-for-non-activerecord-model-objects

that describes a method for forms thazt are not backed by database objects.


On 3/2/06, Jens Krahe <jens.krahe@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I currently programming a delicious clone to understand ruby on rails.
> The problem I''ve got is that I prefill a form (form without
models)
> without a database connection and then save it into the database.
>
> For validation i am using the validation helper methods. My Problem is
> that i don''t know how I get the error hash from the helper method
> validates... etc. because I don''t have a fully database connection
(but
> if the controller tries to save, the helper methods will evoke an
> errors.add - right?). When I update the records (form with database),
> everything is find (cause I have a real database connection). So my
> question is, how i can read out the errors in my controller or view?
>
> error_messages_for... in the view will evoke an error that the object is
> nil.
>
> Or do I have to programm my own validation actions as protected?
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Cheers,

Peter Donald