I read this in the api: # Adds +message+ to the error messages on +attribute+. More than one error can be added to the same # +attribute+. # If no +message+ is supplied, <tt>:invalid</tt> is assumed. # # If +message+ is a symbol, it will be translated using the appropriate scope (see +translate_error+). # If +message+ is a proc, it will be called, allowing for things like <tt>Time.now</tt> to be used within an error. def add(attribute, message = nil, options = {}) message = normalize_message(attribute, message, options) if options[:strict] raise ActiveModel::StrictValidationFailed, full_message(attribute, message) end self[attribute] << message end Now, other than the fact that I cannot seem to locate any method in Rails called translate_error this bit of code does this to the symbol that I pass it: errors.add( :base, :dbms_constraint_violation_unique ) -> translation missing: en.activerecord.errors.models.currency.attributes.base.dbms_constraint_violation_unique Is there a way to turn off name spacing for this automatic translation? This bit of code is likely to be used in more than one model and I do not relish creating a nested nightmare of duplicated error message translations for each. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB-boovWovfBzKWxEb2tNKyrg@public.gmane.org Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.