Rails - Jul 2007 - Validation isn't working - weird problem

I am really stuck, would appreciate some help from the community.  I
have a method in my controller like this:

  def save_business
    if(params[:id] == nil)
      @business = Business.new(params[:business])
      @business.user_id = session[:user_id]
      if @business.save
        flash[:notice] = ''Business was successfully created.''
        redirect_to :action => ''edit_business_2'', :id =>
@business
      else
        render :action => ''edit_business_1''
      end
    else
      @business = Business.find(params[:id])
      if @business.update_attributes(params[:business])
        redirect_to :action => ''edit_business_2'', :id =>
@business
      else
        render :action => ''edit_business_1'', :id =>
@business
      end
    end
  end


I have a form in my rhtml file like this:

<% form_for :business, :url => { :action => :save_business, :id =>
@business} do |form| %>
  <p>
    <label for="legal_name">Legal name:</label>
    <%= form.text_field :legal_name, :size => 40 %>
    (example: TFS, LLC)
  </p>
...
...
...
  <%= submit_tag "Save", :class => "submit", :id =>
"yah",  :style =>
"visibility:hidden; "%>
  <% end %>



In the model file I have this:

  validates_presence_of :legal_name
  validates_numericality_of :zip
  protected
  def validate
    if legal_name.blank?
        errors.add(:legal_name, "should be at least 0.01")
    end
  end



Neither of the validation is working, in the log file I get something
like this:

Processing BusinessController#save_business (for xxx.xx.xxx.xx at
2007-07-16 14:03:02) [POST]
  Session ID: 35229c421c8a7df5d77aff8f7f2a5b3a
  Parameters: {"business"=>{"city"=>"",
"business_description"=>"",
"zip"=>"hi",
"contact_person"=>"Sean",
"role_at_company"=>"CEO",
"phone_number"=>"312-218-3413",
"street_address"=>"7a8",
"years_business_owned"=>"2",
"entity_type_id"=>"1",
"doing_business_as"=>"sean28893",
"years_in_business"=>"8",
"legal_name"=>""},
"commit"=>"Save",
"action"=>"save_business",
"id"=>"9",
"controller"=>"business"}
Redirected to http://www.sh21.com/business/edit_business_2/9
Completed in 0.06194 (16 reqs/sec) | DB: 0.05713 (92%) | 302 Found
[http://www.sh21.com/business/save_business/9]


legal_name is blank, and zip is not numeric, but they both save
successfully...how weird!

Can anyone help me out?


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Hi Sean,

# controller:
============>   def save_business
@business = Business.find( params[:id] ) || Business.new
@business.attributes = params[:business]

begin
  @business.save!
  flash[:notice] = params[:id] ?
    ''Business was successfully updated.'' :
    ''Business was successfully created.''
  redirect_to :action => :edit_business_2, :id => @business

rescue ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid => error
  flash[:notice] = error.to_s
  render :action => :edit_business_1, :id => @business

end
>   end

# model:
=======
# should do without extra method...
validates_length_of :legal_name, :minimum => 1

# unless do you have floating point zip...
validates_numericality_of :zip, :only_integer => true


Could not see any errors, but cleaned the code a little, hope this helps...

Aren''t there any ActiveRecord messages?

Regards
Florian

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