On Dec 2, 2008, at 10:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Yes, :agreement is a field in my database. Should I remove it? > In any case I did set the :accept => "true", but it didn't change > anything. I get the same error when I submit the form whether or not > the box is checked. Set :accept => true (no quotes). That's how I read the docs... if it's a database column, you need that. > The html shows: > > <ul><div class="fieldWithErrors"><input checked="checked" > id="agent_agreement" name="agent[agreement]" type="checkbox" > value="1" /></div><div class="fieldWithErrors"><input name="agent > [agreement]" type="hidden" value="0" /></div> > > Am I reading this right that after the checkbox value is set to "1" > that then there is a hidden value that is setting it to "0"? Is this > supposed to be this way? > > > > > On Dec 2, 7:26 pm, Philip Hallstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I have a terms of service agreement attached to a checkbox. It seems >>> to work ok and I see >> >>> "agreement"=>"0" when the box is not checked in the development >>> log >> >>> and >> >>> "agreement"=>"1" when the box is checked in the log. >> >>> But in the model I this validation: >> >>> validates_acceptance_of :agreement, >>> :message => "Please accept the terms to >>> proceed" >> >>> So when the form is actually filled out, no matter whether the box >>> is >>> checked or not I get: >> >>> 1 error prohibited this agent from being saved >> >>> There were problems with the following fields: >> >>> -Agreement, Please accept the terms to proceed >> >>> So what am I missing to get this to work? >> >> is :agreement a field in your database? if so the docs say... >> >> :accept - Specifies value that is considered accepted. The default >> value is a string "1", which makes it easy to relate to an HTML >> checkbox. This should be set to true if you are validating a database >> column, since the attribute is typecast from "1" to true before >> validation. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

