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authorRolf Timmermans <r.timmermans@voormedia.com>2011-03-27 17:18:32 +0200
committerRolf Timmermans <r.timmermans@voormedia.com>2011-03-27 17:18:32 +0200
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@@ -461,11 +461,11 @@ The block receives the model, the attribute's name and the attribute's value. Yo
h3. Common Validation Options
-There are some common options that all the validation helpers can use. Here they are, except for the +:if+ and +:unless+ options, which are discussed later in "Conditional Validation":#conditional-validation.
+These are common validation options:
h4. +:allow_nil+
-The +:allow_nil+ option skips the validation when the value being validated is +nil+. Using +:allow_nil+ with +validates_presence_of+ allows for +nil+, but any other +blank?+ value will still be rejected.
+The +:allow_nil+ option skips the validation when the value being validated is +nil+.
<ruby>
class Coffee < ActiveRecord::Base
@@ -474,6 +474,8 @@ class Coffee < ActiveRecord::Base
end
</ruby>
+TIP: +:allow_nil+ is ignored by the presence validator.
+
h4. +:allow_blank+
The +:allow_blank+ option is similar to the +:allow_nil+ option. This option will let validation pass if the attribute's value is +blank?+, like +nil+ or an empty string for example.
@@ -487,6 +489,8 @@ Topic.create("title" => "").valid? # => true
Topic.create("title" => nil).valid? # => true
</ruby>
+TIP: +:allow_blank+ is ignored by the presence validator.
+
h4. +:message+
As you've already seen, the +:message+ option lets you specify the message that will be added to the +errors+ collection when validation fails. When this option is not used, Active Record will use the respective default error message for each validation helper.
@@ -742,7 +746,7 @@ Rails maintains an official plugin that provides helpers to display the error me
h4. Installing as a plugin
<shell>
-$ rails plugin install git://github.com/rails/dynamic_form.git
+$ rails plugin install git://github.com/joelmoss/dynamic_form.git
</shell>
h4 Installing as a Gem