The FormBuilder helper is called like this: <% field_validator :object, :name, {options} %> The options hash is used to specify the different types of validation for the field (required, numeric, regex, etc). This is where the problem comes in as well. The helper eventually defers to the following: def field_validator_tag(field_id, options={}) # Raise an error if a requested validation type is not recognized raise(ArgumentError, "Missing validator options") if options.empty? raise(ArgumentError, "Unrecognized validation options. field_validator recognizes: #{FIELD_VALIDATIONS.join('', '')}") unless (options.keys-FIELD_VALIDATIONS).empty? # Build up a string of the requested validations options.each do |validation_name, validation_options| @field_validations.push( _validation_constructor_string_omitted_ ); end end The problem is that a side effect of iterating over the options hash is that the hash elements are emitted and end up on the page in the place where the field_validator is called. That is, if I have something like this: <% validated_form_for :widget, :url=>widgets_path, :method=>:post %> <p> <label for="widget_age">Age</label> <%= f.text_field :age %> <%= field_validator :widget, :name, :required=>true, :numeric=>true %> </p> ... <% end %> I end up with rendered markup like this: <form action="/widgets" id="widget_form" method="post" onsubmit="return Validators.formValidators[''widget_form''].validate_form();"> <p> <label for="widget_age">Age</label> <input id="widget_age" name="widget[age]" size="30" type="text" /> requiredtruenumerictrue </p> ... </form> Any ideas how I can supress the output from the iteration? (Incidentally, I know that it''s the iteration itself because I''ve commented out the single line in the block and still get the keys rendered in the page). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---