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authorAaron Patterson <aaron.patterson@gmail.com>2014-02-17 11:21:18 -0800
committerAaron Patterson <aaron.patterson@gmail.com>2014-02-17 11:21:18 -0800
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* master: (311 commits) Add a missing changelog entry for #13981 and #14035 Revert "Fixed plugin_generator test" implements new option :month_format_string for date select helpers [Closes #13618] add factory methods for empty alias trackers guarantee a list in the alias tracker so we can remove a conditional stop exposing table_joins make most parameters to the AliasTracker required make a singleton for AssociationScope pass the association and connection to the scope method pass the tracker down the stack and construct it in the scope method clean up add_constraints signature remove the reflection delegate remove klass delegator remove railties changes. fixes #14054 remove chain delegate remove scope_chain delegate Add verb to sanitization note fix path shown in mailer's templates updated Travis build status image url fix guide active_support_core_extensions. add Note to String#indent [ci skip] ... Conflicts: activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency.rb activerecord/test/cases/associations/association_scope_test.rb
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diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_validations.md b/guides/source/active_record_validations.md
index efa826e8df..a483a6dd24 100644
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+++ b/guides/source/active_record_validations.md
@@ -575,7 +575,9 @@ This helper validates that the attribute's value is unique right before the
object gets saved. It does not create a uniqueness constraint in the database,
so it may happen that two different database connections create two records
with the same value for a column that you intend to be unique. To avoid that,
-you must create a unique index in your database.
+you must create a unique index on both columns in your database. See
+[the MySQL manual](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/multiple-column-indexes.html)
+for more details about multiple column indexes.
```ruby
class Account < ActiveRecord::Base
@@ -616,10 +618,6 @@ The default error message is _"has already been taken"_.
This helper passes the record to a separate class for validation.
```ruby
-class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
- validates_with GoodnessValidator
-end
-
class GoodnessValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
def validate(record)
if record.first_name == "Evil"
@@ -627,6 +625,10 @@ class GoodnessValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
end
end
end
+
+class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ validates_with GoodnessValidator
+end
```
NOTE: Errors added to `record.errors[:base]` relate to the state of the record
@@ -644,10 +646,6 @@ Like all other validations, `validates_with` takes the `:if`, `:unless` and
validator class as `options`:
```ruby
-class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
- validates_with GoodnessValidator, fields: [:first_name, :last_name]
-end
-
class GoodnessValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
def validate(record)
if options[:fields].any?{|field| record.send(field) == "Evil" }
@@ -655,6 +653,10 @@ class GoodnessValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
end
end
end
+
+class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ validates_with GoodnessValidator, fields: [:first_name, :last_name]
+end
```
Note that the validator will be initialized *only once* for the whole application