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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb | 22 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb index 1c9ecc7b1b..bf863c7063 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb @@ -78,22 +78,25 @@ module ActiveRecord end module ClassMethods - # Validates whether the value of the specified attributes are unique across the system. Useful for making sure that only one user + # Validates whether the value of the specified attributes are unique across the system. + # Useful for making sure that only one user # can be named "davidhh". # # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base # validates_uniqueness_of :user_name, :scope => :account_id # end # - # It can also validate whether the value of the specified attributes are unique based on multiple scope parameters. For example, - # making sure that a teacher can only be on the schedule once per semester for a particular class. + # It can also validate whether the value of the specified attributes are unique based on multiple + # scope parameters. For example, making sure that a teacher can only be on the schedule once + # per semester for a particular class. # # class TeacherSchedule < ActiveRecord::Base # validates_uniqueness_of :teacher_id, :scope => [:semester_id, :class_id] # end # - # When the record is created, a check is performed to make sure that no record exists in the database with the given value for the specified - # attribute (that maps to a column). When the record is updated, the same check is made but disregarding the record itself. + # When the record is created, a check is performed to make sure that no record exists in the database + # with the given value for the specified attribute (that maps to a column). When the record is updated, + # the same check is made but disregarding the record itself. # # Configuration options: # * <tt>:message</tt> - Specifies a custom error message (default is: "has already been taken"). @@ -102,11 +105,12 @@ module ActiveRecord # * <tt>:allow_nil</tt> - If set to true, skips this validation if the attribute is +nil+ (default is +false+). # * <tt>:allow_blank</tt> - If set to true, skips this validation if the attribute is blank (default is +false+). # * <tt>:if</tt> - Specifies a method, proc or string to call to determine if the validation should - # occur (e.g. <tt>:if => :allow_validation</tt>, or <tt>:if => Proc.new { |user| user.signup_step > 2 }</tt>). The - # method, proc or string should return or evaluate to a true or false value. + # occur (e.g. <tt>:if => :allow_validation</tt>, or <tt>:if => Proc.new { |user| user.signup_step > 2 }</tt>). + # The method, proc or string should return or evaluate to a true or false value. # * <tt>:unless</tt> - Specifies a method, proc or string to call to determine if the validation should - # not occur (e.g. <tt>:unless => :skip_validation</tt>, or <tt>:unless => Proc.new { |user| user.signup_step <= 2 }</tt>). The - # method, proc or string should return or evaluate to a true or false value. + # not occur (e.g. <tt>:unless => :skip_validation</tt>, or + # <tt>:unless => Proc.new { |user| user.signup_step <= 2 }</tt>). The method, proc or string should + # return or evaluate to a true or false value. # # === Concurrency and integrity # |