Re: validation help please

Colin Law
Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:53:47 -0000

On 1 March 2013 13:46, Walther Diechmann
<walther-KMX8Ls7xMCscWVvVuXF20w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> I believe you should do something along the lines of
>
> Model:
>
>         validates_each :question do |record, attr, value|
>                 record.errors.add attr, ''The question is not
present!?'' if value.blank? and
record.question_type=="standard"
>         end
>
> plz correct me if I''m wrong, Colin :)

It might be easier to use :if

Colin

>
> cheers,
> Walther
>
>
> Den 01/03/2013 kl. 14.20 skrev Dave Castellano
<lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can anyone take a look at this....  i''ve been banging my head
on the
>> wall for several days trying to figure this out.  I can''t
figure out why
>> the validation is bypassed.  The only clue I have is it seems its not
>> evaluating :question_type == "standard"  to true.
>>
>> Model:
>> validates :question_type,     :presence  => true
>>    if :question_type == "standard"
>>      validates :question,        :presence   => true
>>    ...
>>
>> Controller:
>> def create
>>    @question = Question.new(params[:question])
>>  if @question.save
>>          if params[:question_type] == "standard"
>>            flash[:success] = "Question created!"
>>            redirect_to @question
>>          else
>>            .....
>>
>> new.html.erb:
>> <%= f.submit ''Save'', question_type:
"standard" ...
>>
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