Ok, here is a quick example of a few things that might help: fields do value1 :integer, *:required* value2 :integer, *:required* total :integer, *:required* timestamps end attr_accessible :value1, :value2, :total *before_save :check_total*
def check_total if total != value1 + value2 then errors.add(:total, "Total must be the sum of value1 and value2") end end Adding :require to a field will force the fields to not be blank. Rails will throw an error if they are and not allow the record to be saved. Rails has various validations. Check out: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_validations.html However, if your are trying to do something complex, the built in validations will not work. You will have to define a custom validation. Above I have defined a method called check_total. The line* "**before_save :check_total"* causes Rails to run this method before the record is saved. This will get called when the record is created or changed. If total doesn't equal the sum of value1 and value2 then an error is set on the :total field. In practice, if I am doing calculations in jQuery I will disable the submit button so that it can't be clicked until the fields have correct values, at which point I re-enable the submit button. I always have Rails validations as well since you cannot trust the client javascript results to always be correct. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to hobousers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to hobousers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.