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i know it''s probably really simple, how do i work out someone''s age if i have their d.o.b. stored as a date in my db. cheers -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

It seems that the validations for: greater_than greater_than_or_equal_to less_than less_than_or_equal_to equal_to odd even Simply do not work (Rails 2.0.2). I''ve tried every combination I can think of and these never seem to fire. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails:

First of all, thanks for you time. I have kind of a tricky question and wanted to see what you guys thought. ------------------------------------------- Lets say I have this: ------------------------------------------- class Purchase < ActiveRecord::Base validates_numericality_of :some_number, :only_integer => true end ------------------------------------------- Then I do this:

Is there a way to use validates_numericality_of and still allow null values? I have a model with some optional values that can be nil, but if they''re present, they must be numbers. Will I need to construct a custom valiation for this, or is there some method built in? Seems like it would be a common enough need. Jeff -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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

Hi, What is the simplest way to validate a positive integer? validates_numericality_of :foo, :integer_only => true how do I add the positive part? Do I need another validation statement for pattern matching or do I have to write a validate() funciton for my model? Thanks, Peter

consider scenario, User model with name, birth_date fields (here birth_date is not mandatory field) inside view form birth_date is assigned as ''31/31/1985'' which is invalid ideally user object should be invalid and while save raise an error on birth_date field but that''s not happening and user object gets saved with birth_date as blank which is completely misleading.

All, I have a field that I''m validating with validates_numericality_of on as well as validates_inclusion_of, like so: validates_numericality_of :number_of_owners, :only_integer => true, :message => ''must be a whole number'' validates_inclusion_of :number_of_owners, :in => 1..3,

PROBLEM How can I concatenate the following lists into ONE LIST WITHOUT the unhelpful message "operator is invalid for atomic vectors"? Combine as a data frame? EXAMPLE Birth_Date <- NULL Birth_Date[1:3] <- c("01/17/1939","01/17/1949", "01/17/1959") Later_Date <- NULL Later_Date[1:3] <- c("01/17/2009", NA, NA) Names

Hello everyone! I have 3 models: === 1 === class Region < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :districts end === 2 === class District < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :region has_many :suburbs end === 3 === class Suburb < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :district validates_numericality_of :region_id, :only_integer => true end In edit.rhtml for SuburbController I need to specify

I have the following code and I am not able to get it working. The error message is not coming on the top, it is just getting displayed on a different page if I dont have the rescue block commented at the bottom. Model: user.rb require "digest/sha1" class User < ActiveRecord::Base validates_presence_of :eaddress, :fname, :passwd, :pcode, :country, :day, :year, :month, :gender,

I have a situation in which I want to validate a number is not zero. Both positive and negative values are acceptable, just not zero. validates_numericality_of has an :equal_to attribute, but I don''t see a :not_equal_to. I have not yet been able to find anyone who has discussed this. I did find information about custom validators, so I am now using a custom validator to check the field

I am looking for a little assistance with a problem I have with a simple table join using Rails. I am a relative newbie to both Ruby and Rails so any help would be greatly appreciated . I have two tables products and product_formats. create table products ( id int not null auto_increment, title varchar(100) not null, product_format_id integer

I would like to validate a number within a certain range. To first test that a entry is a valid number i use validates_numericality_of :my_number, :message =>''sorry, not a number'' to test if the number is within a certain range i use validates_inclusion of :my_number, :in => min..max, message => ''outside range!'' If the numericality test fails, I

Ok, so now Users need to be associated with Organizations. I''ve created a migration and added a ''organization_id'' column to the users table. I want the default organization_id to be the first Organization. So I have :default => Organization.find(:first). But it''s complaining about not being able to find the constant ''Organization''. Any

I have a price attribute in my model which I need to validate as a positive number if the attribute price_terms.requires_value is equal to ''Y'', otherwise price can be blank or zero. Price_terms is a select list which my model table belongs_to. How do I do this? - I tried doing this: validates_numericality_of :price, :if => self.price_term.requires_value.upcase ==

Hi! I have an error that I don''t understand. It shouldn''t be happening, according to the documentation! I have a class, defined as below. > class Coupon < ActiveRecord::Base > belongs_to :product > belongs_to :account > validates_presence_of :product > validates_associated :product > validates_presence_of :voucher > validates_presence_of

I am trying to set up a validation in a model to ensure that a record can''t be saved unless the foreign key it belongs_to is a valid record. My model says: class Admin < ActiveRecord::Base validates_presence_of :user_id validates_numericality_of :user_id validates_uniqueness_of :user_id validates_associated :user belongs_to :user end but I can still create an admin

Hi I''ve got a problem validating a boolean and I can''t see what the problem is. Here''s my model: class FinanceAgreement < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :asset validates_presence_of :finance_company validates_inclusion_of :balance, :in => 0.01..10_000_000 validates_inclusion_of :term, :in => 1..600 validates_numericality_of

Hi, there. I have two validations in the model: validates_numericality_of :value, :only_integer=>true, :allow_blank=>true validates_size_of :value, :is=>9, :message=>"must be 5-digit number", :if=>Proc.new{|u| u.value.is_a?(Numeric)} They work as expected except when the :value is character/string like "a" "abc", the second validation will also output