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-rw-r--r-- | activerecord/CHANGELOG | 2 | ||||
-rwxr-xr-x | activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb | 4 |
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diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG b/activerecord/CHANGELOG index 719ae56748..a51c3460a4 100644 --- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG +++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ *SVN* +* Document validates_presences_of behavior with booleans: you probably want validates_inclusion_of :attr, :in => [true, false]. #2253 [Bob Silva] + * Optimistic locking: gracefully handle nil versions, treat as zero. #5908 [Tom Ward] * validates_confirmation_of only kicks in when the attribute, rather than its confirmation, is present. #785 [z@wzph.com] diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb index c1353e9d56..c9d4740670 100755 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb @@ -375,6 +375,10 @@ module ActiveRecord # # The first_name attribute must be in the object and it cannot be blank. # + # 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 + # # Configuration options: # * <tt>message</tt> - A custom error message (default is: "can't be blank") # * <tt>on</tt> - Specifies when this validation is active (default is :save, other options :create, :update) |