similar to: unexpected behavior of before_validation

Hi, I was looking around a bit and couldn''t find any callbacks that executed before before_validation The current problem with using before_validation is that it won''t fire if I''m not using validations with #save(:validate => false) - which makes sense. Before_save won''t suffice because I want these callbacks to fire before validation on the occasions that

Hi all My visitors can create party organisator profiles, and I want assign them as the creators (the field creator_id in the organisators table references a member in the members table). To do that I tried it with before_validation: def before_validation creator = Member.find 1 end Sadly, this does not work. The validation validates_presence_of :creator_id Still tells me, that

I am still trying to get sentry working to encrypt a couple of attributes in the model. One of them is a password field and the other ssn#. I have crypted_password and crypted_ssn in the db. In addition, I also have validates_uniqueness_of :ssn Here is the problem... I get the error MysqlError: Unknown column ''ssn'' in ''where clause'': SELECT * FROM students

In ActiveRecord''s callbacks, methods within a before_create callback are called after the validation, but before the model is created. This was an intentional design decision, but I think it was the wrong one. What do you think? When I think of before_create, I think of before_validation :foo, :on => :create, but, by default, before_create is synonymous with after_validation :foo,

I''m trying to create a separate class to do validation so that about 10 models can use the same date validation. I have tried to use the example from the agile book but it''s not working. Here''s what I have: app/models/date_callbacks.rb class DateCallbacks def before_validation(model) if model.start_date > Date.today model.errors.add(:start_date, "must

Hi, I am trying to validate a numeric value passed in from a form, which is saved in a MySQL db as decimal(9,2) Now problem is I need to ensure people don''t enter a form value like -. 003. In my validations, I have a validates_numericality_of check being done. Furthermore, in validate method, I have a check using an if statement such as : ((an_object[n].nil? or an_object[n] < 0) and

Hello List, I''m a bit spent on this problem, and my code might be whack. I seem to be encountering a problem where the primary key on a join table is not being resolved correctly. I will elaborate after some code bits. I am creating the join table using migrations, and relevant model code is this: class Post < ActiveRecord::Base has_and_belongs_to_many :records

Hello, - the form posted by the user have a date field - this date is begin_date, I need to compute end_date - so, added callback before_validation_on_create - in this method I do : end_date = begin_date >> 12 - unfortunately, beeing in before_validation the actual self.begin_date have not been type casted - It''s always a string - unfortunately again, I can''t put this code

Hi all ! I''m having an issue and I can''t seem to make heads or tails of it. I am attempting to add an observer to a model object. I created app/models/greenback_transaction_observer.rb, inherited from AR::Observer, defined methods, registered in config/environment.rb, but things don''t work... So, I took a step back and put in the following code: class

Hi, I often find myself using bits of code like this inside ActiveRecord, perhaps it''s useful for others, or others can improve on it: ########### # fix user input before validating it before_validation :sanitize_input # santize input before actual validation is called # this uses the little methods defined below def sanitize_input trim %w(adres postcode woonplaats email naam

Hi all, For various reasons I need to have foreign keys with not null constraints. Eg: create_table :people do |t| t.column :name, :string t.column :household_id, :integer, :null => false end create_table :households do |t| t.column :name, :string end add_foreign_key_constraint :people, :household_id, :households, :id So the people table has a foreign key into

I have a model named Project which contains a name attribute, and I have a second model named Booking which has, among other things, a date and a Project. (has_many :bookings, belongs_to :project). When a user creates a new Booking, they have the option of using an existing Project or creating a new Project. As an added complexity, when choosing from existing Projects, they can either choose from

[Rails] Validation problems: ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch Hi everyone, I''m starting on my first rails project and I have a problem that I''m sure has a simple solution. I have two models, an address model and a state model. The address belongs_to :state, foreign_key=>"state" and validate_associated :state I have new & edit controllers for address

Hi everyone, I''m starting on my first rails project and I have a problem that I''m sure has a simple solution. I have two models, an address model and a state model. The address belongs_to :state, foreign_key=>"state" and validate_associated :state I have new & edit controllers for address which contain a drop down list for the state choice. My list was

Buildings have units. Units have rooms. Rooms have people. I can grab building, room, and people IDs and store them in a session[:variable]. However, when creating a new unit, I need to give that session[:building_id] to ActiveRecord for creation. I''m not sure whether to use hidden fields or do it all in the model ''before_validation'' - in either case I

who can explain this to me? def before_validation logger.info url url = "http://" << url if url[0..3]=="www." end the logger line correctly logs any URL that''s been submitted, let''s say it''s "www.amazon.co.uk" BUT Rails raises an exception on the next line, complaining about nil. [] (obviously from the url[0..3] bit) It works

Hi all I tried and tried and tried, but I still fail in creating a form with proper validation and stuff for foreign keys... So I''d really like to get some help here. I''m creating a booking site for DJ''s, and for every booking one can choose one of different countries: class Booking < ActiveRecord::Base validates_presence_of :country_id

If I have a module with a callback in it: module Sanitize module PhoneNumber def before_validation self.phone.gsub!(/\D/, '''') if attribute_present?(''phone'') end end module MobileNumber def before_validation self.mobile.gsub!(/\D/, '''') if attribute_present?(''mobile'') end end end

I was surprised to see this unexpected behavior of subset in a for loop. I looked in subset.data.frame and it seemed to me that both versions should work, since the subset call should be evaluated in the global environment - but perhaps I don't understand environments well enough. Can someone enlighten me? In any case, this is a bit of a gotcha for naive users of subset. input.data <-

Hi, I''ve defined the following model: class Eintrag < ActiveRecord::Base before_validation :vali protected def vali # self.feld1.reverse! self.feld2 = self.feld1 end end Now I''m wondering why I have to write self.feld2=self.feld1 and why @feld2=@feld1 doesn''t work. I''ve found the thread