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index cb459626d5..8c832bafff 100644
--- a/guides/source/active_record_validations.md
+++ b/guides/source/active_record_validations.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+**DO NOT READ THIS FILE IN GITHUB, GUIDES ARE PUBLISHED IN http://guides.rubyonrails.org.**
+
Active Record Validations
=========================
@@ -361,6 +363,8 @@ class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
end
```
+Alternatively, you can require that the specified attribute does _not_ match the regular expression by using the `:without` option.
+
The default error message is _"is invalid"_.
### `inclusion`
@@ -425,7 +429,7 @@ class Essay < ActiveRecord::Base
validates :content, length: {
minimum: 300,
maximum: 400,
- tokenizer: lambda { |str| str.scan(/\w+/) },
+ tokenizer: lambda { |str| str.split(/\s+/) },
too_short: "must have at least %{count} words",
too_long: "must have at most %{count} words"
}
@@ -485,6 +489,8 @@ constraints to acceptable values:
* `:even` - Specifies the value must be an even number if set to true. The
default error message for this option is _"must be even"_.
+NOTE: By default, `numericality` doesn't allow `nil` values. You can use `allow_nil: true` option to permit it.
+
The default error message is _"is not a number"_.
### `presence`
@@ -524,9 +530,16 @@ If you validate the presence of an object associated via a `has_one` or
`marked_for_destruction?`.
Since `false.blank?` is true, if you want to validate the presence of a boolean
-field you should use `validates :field_name, inclusion: { in: [true, false] }`.
+field you should use one of the following validations:
+
+```ruby
+validates :boolean_field_name, presence: true
+validates :boolean_field_name, inclusion: { in: [true, false] }
+validates :boolean_field_name, exclusion: { in: [nil] }
+```
-The default error message is _"can't be blank"_.
+By using one of these validations, you will ensure the value will NOT be `nil`
+which would result in a `NULL` value in most cases.
### `absence`
@@ -698,7 +711,7 @@ we don't want names and surnames to begin with lower case.
```ruby
class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
validates_each :name, :surname do |record, attr, value|
- record.errors.add(attr, 'must start with upper case') if value =~ /\A[a-z]/
+ record.errors.add(attr, 'must start with upper case') if value =~ /\A[[:lower:]]/
end
end
```
@@ -871,7 +884,7 @@ should happen, an `Array` can be used. Moreover, you can apply both `:if` and
```ruby
class Computer < ActiveRecord::Base
validates :mouse, presence: true,
- if: ["market.retail?", :desktop?]
+ if: ["market.retail?", :desktop?],
unless: Proc.new { |c| c.trackpad.present? }
end
```
@@ -910,8 +923,8 @@ end
The easiest way to add custom validators for validating individual attributes
is with the convenient `ActiveModel::EachValidator`. In this case, the custom
validator class must implement a `validate_each` method which takes three
-arguments: record, attribute and value which correspond to the instance, the
-attribute to be validated and the value of the attribute in the passed
+arguments: record, attribute, and value. These correspond to the instance, the
+attribute to be validated, and the value of the attribute in the passed
instance.
```ruby