On Sep 20, 8:18 pm, Neil Cauldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a Rails validation helper or an easy way of preventing > attributes from containing a certain word match, e.g. you have a User > model, the user has a name attribute, and you don't want the @user.name > to == 'MyRailsApp' or to have 'MyRailsApp' somewhere in there? > > I imagine it would look something like this (although I can't get this > one to work - it always fails); > > validates_format_of :name, :with => /!MyRailsApp/i, :message => "You > can't use our Website name." > > Any ideas? > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Try this one: validates_each :name do |record, attr, value| record.errors.add attr, "can't use our Website name." if value =~ / MyRailsApp/i end --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
