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Hey, A total noobieQ. Apologies, still learning. Could anyone point me to examples of a non-database-driven feedback form, for instance, a simple e-mail feedback form that takes advantage of ActionMailer? (How do I carry a POST through to a ''def'' w/o a database connection?) Thanks! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Often I need to do a one-off validation before Rails has had a chance to convert. For example, a date. Is there a general mechanism to cause validations to run on the raw input or do I have to resort to: private def validate unless attributes_before_type_cast[''date_of_loss''] =~ /^(\d+(-|\/)){2}\d{4}/ errors.add(''date_of_loss'', ''use the form: mm/dd/yyyy'') end end Thanks (BTW: I know there is a date validation plugin) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/validates_format_of-before-type_cast--t...