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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb | 18 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb index b55af692d6..7ebe9dfec0 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb @@ -48,10 +48,18 @@ module ActiveRecord def build_relation(klass, table, attribute, value) #:nodoc: if reflection = klass.reflect_on_association(attribute) attribute = reflection.foreign_key - value = value.attributes[reflection.primary_key_column.name] + value = value.attributes[reflection.primary_key_column.name] unless value.nil? end - column = klass.columns_hash[attribute.to_s] + attribute_name = attribute.to_s + + # the attribute may be an aliased attribute + if klass.attribute_aliases[attribute_name] + attribute = klass.attribute_aliases[attribute_name] + attribute_name = attribute.to_s + end + + column = klass.columns_hash[attribute_name] value = klass.connection.type_cast(value, column) value = value.to_s[0, column.limit] if value && column.limit && column.text? @@ -166,11 +174,11 @@ module ActiveRecord # WHERE title = 'My Post' | # | # | # User 2 does the same thing and also - # | # infers that his title is unique. + # | # infers that their title is unique. # | SELECT * FROM comments # | WHERE title = 'My Post' # | - # # User 1 inserts his comment. | + # # User 1 inserts their comment. | # INSERT INTO comments | # (title, content) VALUES | # ('My Post', 'hi!') | @@ -196,7 +204,7 @@ module ActiveRecord # exception. You can either choose to let this error propagate (which # will result in the default Rails exception page being shown), or you # can catch it and restart the transaction (e.g. by telling the user - # that the title already exists, and asking him to re-enter the title). + # that the title already exists, and asking them to re-enter the title). # This technique is also known as # {optimistic concurrency control}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimistic_concurrency_control]. # |