I think you misunderstand what -validateForInsert: and friends are for. They 
use "insert" here in the sense of inserting into the persistent store.

So -validateForInsert: is called the first time the object is added to the 
store (calling -[NSManagedObjectContext save:] ). From then on, 
-validateForUpdate: will be called at each save that will modify the object. 
And finally, -validateForDelete: if removing from the store.

On 20 Dec 2009, at 08:19, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote:

> I have a document based Core Data app.
> 
> MyDocument.nib contains an NSTableView bound to an NSArrayController.
> There also are "+" and "-" buttons, which send "add:" resp. "remove:" to the 
> array controller.
> 
> SomeEntity.m (subclass of NSManagedObject) implements validateForInsert:, 
> validateForUpdate: and validateForDelete: - none of which are ever called. 
> Why?
> 
> What I try to accomplish:
> SomeEntity has a property called "uniqueKey" and this is (no big surprise) 
> meant to be unique.
> 
> When the "UniqueKey" column in my table view gets edited, 
> validateUniqueKey:error: gets called, I check the new value for uniqueness 
> and all is fine.
> 
> But hitting the "+" button several times inserts several objects with the 
> same key (Default Value).
> 
> What should I do? How to make validateForInsert: get called? 10.6.2.
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Gerriet.
> 
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