On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Jordon Bedwell <[email protected]> wrote: > In Ruby a blank string is a null note a null bit so you need if you
That should say "In Ruby a blank is not a null bit." > set :default => "" it will allow blank strings, which means your model > needs to validate with :allow_blank => false or you need to set the > ALLOW NULL 0 on the field by doing `:null => false` without the > ":default => true". > > The preferable solution from both a security and a proper application > standpoint is to do tell both the model and the db that it doesn't > want null or blank strings because a db error should protect against > manual entries and the model would be quicker when testing for blank > strings, you can do that with "validates :field, :allow_blank => > false, allow_nil => false" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CAM5XQny_v4YzT3yMnZNmWkbjKr4pWjh0NftZHz6Xhi4jcSg33Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
