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If I do validates_uniqueness_of :name, :message => "It''s not uniqueeee!!!" then how do I have it display that message when the check fails? -Ben Lisbakken -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I''ve got a user object which has quite a few attributes mapped to the database. As of right now I''ve got some validations in the model like: validates_presence_of :password, :message => "You must specify a valid password." validates_confirmation_of :password, :message => "Password doesn''t match the confirmation." validates_presence_of

Howdy, I''m working on my first RoR project, and I want to build a form. The tricky thing is, this form needs to insert / update against two models, each with their own validation rules. Unfortunately, I''m having an incredible amount of difficulty with the error handling, specifically the fields wrapped in <div class=''fieldWithErrors''></div>

Hello, when I invoke an action of my rails web app I recieve this message: No such file or directory - /tmp/mysql.sock In my MySQL config file I have this line: socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock Why Rails doesn''t pick up this value instead of his default value? How could I change the configuration of Rails in order to change that value? -- / Eduardo Yáñez Parareda /

Hi, I have a model Account wich "has_one" model called UserData. Both models use validation. # Model contains user name, email etc. class Account < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :user_data, :foreign_key => "user_id" validates_presence_of :email end # Model contains firstname, lastname etc. class UserData < ActiveRecord::Base

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,

Hi all, I have a few questions regarding the error messages which are produced by default. For example, if I have "validates_uniqueness_of" I may get an error message "Surname has already been taken'' What if I want a custom message without prefixing the attribute name? I''ve come across a plugin which allows me to do this: validates_uniqueness_of :name, :message

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

Hi there. Have this code, and i need to find put why it fails. >>Controller ------------ def update @user = User.find(@params[:id]) if @user.update_attributes(@params[:user]) flash[:notice] = ''The user was successfully updated.'' redirect_to :action => ''show'', :id => @user else flash[:notice] = "Error: The user

I have a User model with an email attribute. I''m using the following validations: validates_confirmation_of :email validates_format_of :email, :with => RFC822::EmailAddress, :message => "must be a valid address in the form user@domain.com" validates_uniqueness_of :email, :message => "address has already been taken. If you''ve forgotten your

I started with LoginGenerator and have evolved a nice little ACL model that is perfect for my app. The user model has statements like the following in the model file that control validation of some of the login fields: validates_length_of :login, :within => 3..40 validates_length_of :password, :within => 5..40 validates_presence_of :login, :password, :password_confirmation, :on =>

Folks, Am new to RoR and am building an example to get myself familiar. I am running into a simple issue while creating a user registration page. I have a User and Address models defined as below (partial/relevant code included below). User has_one address and Address belongs_to user. I have a foreign key defined in address table that refers to user(id) In a form I take in username, password,

Hello, I have a model Model: SPECIAL_FEATURES = %w(none top) class Model validates_inclusion_of :special_feature, :in => Model::SPECIAL_FEATURES, :on => :create, :message => "special_feature %s is not defined" belongs_to :team def special_feature attributes = attributes_before_type_cast if attributes["special_feature"]

Hello, I am confronted with a very strange problem which I can not solve... and God I tried a lot, lost almost a whole day, but couldn''t find an answer: The idea is to have a form both in admin and in dir, in admin there will be some more fields that is why I have twice a form. In admin the form appears, in dir the form does not appear instead "þÿ New company" why is it that the

I have validates_uniqueness_of :name in my model which works fine when creating a record but doesn''t work when I edit the record. In other words it won''t let me create a record with the same name but I can go in after and update the field without a problem. Why would this happen? -Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you

Hello, I''m wanting to use Mocha and Stubba for my tests in place of the default Rails testing with fixtures. I have the following class: class Person < ActiveRecord::Base validates_uniqueness_of :email end and am wondering how I can test to ensure that the validates_uniqueness_of validation is running. Any ideas? -Jonathan

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 make a barebones login system based on this example (which in turn is just standard RoR login) but when I enter a user name and password, it says the login is unsuccessful every time. I am not sure where I am going wrong. Here is all relevent information CREATE TABLE `users` ( `id` int(6) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, `login` varchar(20) NOT NULL default

I have three tables customers, indentities and people. I hav ecreated models for them. The are connected with foreign keys and has_many/belongs_to in this fashion: customers has_many: identities identities belongs_to: customer identities has_many: people people belongs_to: identities Now, I have a form in which I would like to create db entries for the three tables. customers have a password

What are the limitations on using: errors.add_to_base to display errors in views? I have tried for days to add errors from my object.rb and they never get displayed. class Keyword < ActiveRecord::Base validates_presence_of(:name, :message => "Name is required.") validates_uniqueness_of(:name, :message => "This name is already in use. Please try