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diff --git a/guides/source/active_record_validations.md b/guides/source/active_record_validations.md
index efa826e8df..a483a6dd24 100644
--- a/guides/source/active_record_validations.md
+++ b/guides/source/active_record_validations.md
@@ -575,7 +575,9 @@ This helper validates that the attribute's value is unique right before the
object gets saved. It does not create a uniqueness constraint in the database,
so it may happen that two different database connections create two records
with the same value for a column that you intend to be unique. To avoid that,
-you must create a unique index in your database.
+you must create a unique index on both columns in your database. See
+[the MySQL manual](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/multiple-column-indexes.html)
+for more details about multiple column indexes.
```ruby
class Account < ActiveRecord::Base
@@ -616,10 +618,6 @@ The default error message is _"has already been taken"_.
This helper passes the record to a separate class for validation.
```ruby
-class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
- validates_with GoodnessValidator
-end
-
class GoodnessValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
def validate(record)
if record.first_name == "Evil"
@@ -627,6 +625,10 @@ class GoodnessValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
end
end
end
+
+class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ validates_with GoodnessValidator
+end
```
NOTE: Errors added to `record.errors[:base]` relate to the state of the record
@@ -644,10 +646,6 @@ Like all other validations, `validates_with` takes the `:if`, `:unless` and
validator class as `options`:
```ruby
-class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
- validates_with GoodnessValidator, fields: [:first_name, :last_name]
-end
-
class GoodnessValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
def validate(record)
if options[:fields].any?{|field| record.send(field) == "Evil" }
@@ -655,6 +653,10 @@ class GoodnessValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
end
end
end
+
+class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
+ validates_with GoodnessValidator, fields: [:first_name, :last_name]
+end
```
Note that the validator will be initialized *only once* for the whole application