I''m confused about the usage of ''validates_presence_of'' and the ''default'' parameter of the ''column'' method. Let''s say I have a model that looks something like this: class CreateErrorTypes < ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up create_table :error_types do |t| t.column :description, :string, :limit => 254, :null => false t.column :can_delete, :boolean, :null => false, :default => false end end def self.down drop_table :error_types end end class ErrorType < ActiveRecord::Base validates_presence_of :description validates_presence_of :can_delete end Then in console I do this: >> ErrorType.create(:description => "General error") What I expect is an ErrorType object with can_delete set to false, but what I get is an error saying that can_delete "can''t be blank". Why isn''t it setting the default value of that field to false?? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---