Not sure why but my form is not displaying errors. One of the first parts of my method is to check for errors and display them before processing the credit card. It just skips that part regardless of errors or not and tries to process the credit card. def signup_unlimited @user = User.new end def signup_unlimited_create User.transaction do @user = User.new(params[:user]) @user.account_type = "Unlimited" @user.login = @user.email @number = params[:card_number] @month = params[:card_expiration_month] @year = params[:card_expiration_year] @type = params[:card_type] gateway = ActiveMerchant::Billing::BraintreeGateway.new({ :login => ''btdemo'', :password => ''btdemo123'' }) if @user.errors.empty? if @number != "" and @month != "" and @year != "" and @type !"" @card ActiveMerchant::Billing::CreditCard.new(:first_name => @user.first_name, :last_name => @user.last_name, :number => params[:card_number], :month => params[:card_expiration_month], :year => params[:card_expiration_year], :type => params[:card_type]) @amount = 430.50 @options = { :store => true, :order_id => "1212451" } response = gateway.authorize(@amount, @card, @options) if @card.id != nil self.current_user = @user @user.credit_card_id response.params["customer_vault_id"] end if @user.credit_card_id != nil @user.save @invoice = Invoice.new(params[:invoice]) @invoice.amount = "9.95" @invoice.due_date = Date.today + 30 @invoice.generated_date = Date.today @invoice.status = "Due" @invoice.user_id = @user.id @invoice.save self.current_user = @user flash[:notice] = "Thanks for signing up" redirect_to :action => ''index'' end if @user.credit_card_id == nil flash[:notice] = "Please verify your credit card information below." render :action => ''signup_unlimited'' end else flash[:notice] = "Please fill out all the necessary billing information." render :action => ''signup_unlimited'' end else flash[:notice] = "errors with your user form" render :action => ''signup_unlimited'' end end end Form is pretty standard, including the error_messages part <%= error_messages_for :user %> <%= image_tag ''signup_header.jpg'' %> <h2>For your unlimited account</h2> <% form_for :user, :url => { :action => :signup_unlimited_create } do | f| %> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---