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authorCassioMarques <cassiommc@gmail.com>2008-11-10 20:31:05 -0200
committerCassioMarques <cassiommc@gmail.com>2008-11-10 20:31:05 -0200
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Added note about testing booleans to validates_presence_of
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diff --git a/railties/doc/guides/source/activerecord_validations_callbacks.txt b/railties/doc/guides/source/activerecord_validations_callbacks.txt
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--- a/railties/doc/guides/source/activerecord_validations_callbacks.txt
+++ b/railties/doc/guides/source/activerecord_validations_callbacks.txt
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ class LineItem < ActiveRecord::Base
end
------------------------------------------------------------------
+NOTE: If you want to validate the presence of a boolean field (where the real values are true and false), you will want to use validates_inclusion_of :field_name, :in => [true, false] This is due to the way Object#blank? handles boolean values. false.blank? # => true
+
The default error message for +validates_presence_of+ is "_can't be empty_".
=== The +validates_size_of+ helper