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...e validation rules since you don''t have to specify the name of the attribute over and over. Plus it automatically sets validates_presence_of for the attribute unless you set allow_nil as true -- as shown in the phone_code attribute above. The plugin can be downloaded from here: http://onautopilot.com/oss/rails/active_attribute.tgz One nice extra benefit is when I rearranged my validation rules on a per-attribute basis I found a few attributes I forgot to validate. I used the annotate_models plug to add a list of every column to the top of my model, and proceeded to add validation rules fo...

THE SCHEMA IN THE MODEL a small write up on ''putting the schema in the model'' This is a write up on an issue best covered in a mailing list thread of Januari 2006 (see the links in the text), I repost it because I think it deserves a place on the agenda. == Why? == I was switching back and forward between the model files and the schema.rb -- off course I have