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Hi, I wonder why error_messages_for take strings as params instead of instance variables. error_messages_for ''user'' instead of error_messages_for @user ''user'' is translated into @user eventually. If so, who not take the instance variables directly? Is there any reason for that? Thanks in advance. Sam -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

hi all, i have implemented live search using scriptulous and i am getting the list the problem is that when i select an item from the list white spaces gets appended in front " item" of the selection in firefox and in opera front and behind " item " i printed the value in console and saw it gives "item" but in textbox after selection whitespaces gets appended

hi everyone here i go again, i have problem we error message validation here is the sample of my code: error_messages_for :user, :header_message => ''X errors, please find red mark'', :message => ''Following errors were found:'' the problem is that how where going to get the value "X errors" or the number of errors if they have when the is

hi all, if i want to write a query select * from a,b where a.b_id=b.id in active record using joins,condition how can i write that in docs i found for conditions you do by giving "?" and then the parameter eg. a.b_id=? but it takes b.id as string i.e a.b_id=''b.id'' i dont want that any suggestions thanks in advance regards gaurav -------------- next

Hi all I''ve approached Rails since a couple of months to develop a quick application for my company. Fantastic framework. As every noob, I do have some gaps to cover. The one which is giving me a little frustration, generated by my lack of knowledge is as follows. I need to make sure the region object is not deleted if there are countries associated with it. I solved this by putting a

Just learning Rails.. So this is probably a noob question. My apologies. Could anyone please give me a quick summary/example on the usage of error_messages_for? I have two tables/models, Group and GroupMembers. Obviously, a Group has_many GroupMembers. I have a customized view which shows a list of GroupMembers followed by a field and a button which facilitates adding a member to the group by

I am trying to put some smarts around a call to <%= error_messages_for %> so that when I first come into this page i.e. when my instance variable @target_list has not been defined yet, the page doesn''t break. I''m doing this: <% if @target_list? %> <%= error_messages_for ''target_list'' %> <% end %> I get a syntax error on line 1.

I have a model Area which has_many Streets. The Area has a couple of attributes of its own but mostly I want to be able to add/delete/update Streets for a particular Area, but all on one page rather than having a separate view for editing a Street. I''ve managed to get a form displayed with a row for each Street already assigned to the Area by using form fields with

If I wanted to override the error_messages_for method where within the rails structure would I put it? Which file? Thanks :-) John Kopanas http://www.kopanas.com ===================================================================== http://www.soen.info - source of the freshest software engineering information on the net http://cusec.soen.info - software engineering conference

I''m having a problem, ''cause I wrote the following line in my model "Hi": [code] validates_numericality_of :phone, :only_integer => true, :allow_blank => false, :message => "must be a number" [/code] And in my "new" view, I put: [code] <%= error_messages_for :oi, :header_message => "Erro ao cadastrar

I can''t seem to figure out how to validate a few fields some1 please help me out model--------- class Record < ActiveRecord::Base validates_presence_of :sw, :flex end controller------------ class RecordController < A;;icationController def new @record = Rrecord.new @product = Product.find(params[''product_id'']) end def create

Hi, I have this save routine: def customer_address_create customer_options @customer = Customer.find(params[:id]) @customer.addresses.create(params[:address]) @saved = @customer.save end That passes to a rjs template like this: if @saved page.visual_effect :Fold, ''add_address'' page.replace_html ''addresses'', :partial =>

I am having trouble getting error_messages_for to work. My controller(relevant parts) looks like def configure @account = session[:account] @user = User.new end def add_new_user_to_account @user = User.new(params[:user]) if @user.valid? session[:account].users << @user end redirect_to :action=> ''configure'' end end and my

I am trying to figure out how to customize the error messages when I use validates_presence_of. I am validating a user name and I use <%= error_messages_for ''user'' %> in my view to display the messages. I know you can customize in the model with :message =>''custom message'', but I am trying to get rid of the first part of the error message which is, 1

Ok, totally no reason why I''m getting an error in this model update and no other. HELP! CONTROLLER: # GET /employees/1/edit def edit @employee = Employees.find(params[:id]) end VIEW: <h1>Edit Employee</h1> <div id="main-sub"> <%= error_messages_for :employees %> <% form_for(@employee) do |f| %> <table width="600"

Greetings, I''m in the throws of deploying an app on site5, and I''m getting strange errors. I think I might need to understand how error_messages_for works. I get a pretty standard looking error: " You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it! You might have expected an instance of ActiveRecord::Base. The error occured while evaluating nil.errors Extracted

Hi, i have a validates_something_of_something method in my User model...i added a :message => "you need to abcd" to the validation method, but when i try to access it through the <%= error_messages_for "user" %> it doesn''t give me any output... i was wondering whether there was a way to access all of the (:message => string) methods that are collected

Hi all, I''ve been searching the web and the list archives for help on this and I''ve found some tips, but I''ve been racking my brain on this for hours. I have a Model, View, and Controller that are handling the uploading of a file to my server. I want to make sure that the description is set and that a file is selected to be uploaded. I have set validates_presence_of

Hi, I can''t list error_messages in my Form ??, and all the formfields are reset ...(I think my redirect :back clean everything, formfield and error_messages ...), only my flash[:notice] is ok.... I would like to use the "error_messages_for" tag to add a simple red * on my textfiled if a problem occurs ... thanks for help arnaud here are the basics steps to check that

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,