Thanks Aldo. That was exactly what I was trying to communicate. Sorry if I was not clearer.
On Jan 23, 3:49 pm, Aldo Sarmiento <[email protected]> wrote: > It's kind of unclear about what you are trying to do here. Say you have > a model like so: > > class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base > # contains attributes :fname, :lname, :phone, :city, :state, :zip > validates_presence_of :fname, :lname, :phone, :zip > end > > This model will validate the presence of the 4 fields (:fname, :lname, > :phone, :zip). Would this be comparable to the "longer" version? > > If so, would the shorter version be required to ONLY validate a subset > of the validates_presence_of list? Perhaps only :fname & :lname? > > If this is the case you can just set the default validations to the > short list like so: > > validates_presence_of :fname, :lname > > In order to get the long validation, you can do this with your model: > > class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base > # contains attributes :fname, :lname, :phone, :city, :state, :zip > validates_presence_of :fname, :lname > > @long_validation > attr_accessor :long_validation > > def validate > if @long_validation > errors.add("phone number cannot be blank") if phone.blank? > errors.add("zip code cannot be blank") if zip.blank? > end > end > end > > Test this using your script/console from the terminal. > > HTH, > Aldo Sarmiento > > > > Dowker wrote: > > I need a little advice on how to best set things up. I have a model > > where I will have a short form and a longer form in two different > > places in my application. Obviously, I would like to apply validating > > rules to both forms. The short form is a subset of the fields in the > > model. The long form is the full model so it isn't a problem. What are > > my options? > > > (1) There is functionality in the models that I don't know about to > > handle this situation. > > (2) I should create a second model for the extra fields between the > > short and long forms, using the same database table. > > (3) I should create a second model for the extra fields between the > > short and long forms, using a different database table and a has_one > > association. > > (4) Any other suggestions? > > > Thanks. > > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
