Rails - Jun 2006 - Validating a non-object attribute in a form via checkbox?

Hi there

A user can place an ad with various attributes via a form; however, I
want the user to check a box signifying that they''ve read the terms
and conditions for use of the site.

So the ''terms''  is not an attribute of the Advertisement
model. I
could check that the user has ticked the box in my controller but
would like to bundle this up with the validation process.

How to ensure that the checkbox is ticked before the ad object is
saved as part of the model validation?

Any clues appreciated

Richard Sandilands

Should the terms perhaps be part of the user model -- it could then be 
part of the user validation (using *validates_acceptance_of)*?

Richard Sandilands wrote:
> Hi there
>
> A user can place an ad with various attributes via a form; however, I
> want the user to check a box signifying that they''ve read the
terms
> and conditions for use of the site.
>
> So the ''terms''  is not an attribute of the Advertisement
model. I
> could check that the user has ticked the box in my controller but
> would like to bundle this up with the validation process.
>
> How to ensure that the checkbox is ticked before the ad object is
> saved as part of the model validation?
>
> Any clues appreciated
>
> Richard Sandilands
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Ah, validates_acceptance_of !!
 That works fine and is exactly what I was after.

many thanks

Richard

On 6/12/06, Chris T <ctmailinglists@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> Should the terms perhaps be part of the user model -- it could then be
> part of the user validation (using *validates_acceptance_of)*?
>
> Richard Sandilands wrote:
> > Hi there
> >
> > A user can place an ad with various attributes via a form; however, I
> > want the user to check a box signifying that they''ve read the
terms
> > and conditions for use of the site.
> >
> > So the ''terms''  is not an attribute of the
Advertisement model. I
> > could check that the user has ticked the box in my controller but
> > would like to bundle this up with the validation process.
> >
> > How to ensure that the checkbox is ticked before the ad object is
> > saved as part of the model validation?
> >
> > Any clues appreciated
> >
> > Richard Sandilands
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rails mailing list
> > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> >
>
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