From d93bfac207c258167257676035c9b0b2912fba5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Underwood Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 16:13:56 -0400 Subject: Adds explanation of :base attribute to errors.add [ci skip] --- activemodel/lib/active_model/errors.rb | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'activemodel') diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/errors.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/errors.rb index 9c3bc913e1..917d3b9142 100644 --- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/errors.rb +++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/errors.rb @@ -289,6 +289,13 @@ module ActiveModel # # => NameIsInvalid: name is invalid # # person.errors.messages # => {} + # + # +attribute+ should be set to :base if the error is not + # directly associated with a single attribute. + # + # person.errors.add(:base, "either name or email must be present") + # person.errors.messages + # # => {:base=>["either name or email must be present"]} def add(attribute, message = :invalid, options = {}) message = normalize_message(attribute, message, options) if exception = options[:strict] -- cgit v1.2.3