Thanks for the reply, That doesn't give me the value for name it just gives back the name of the model. i.e Task so the length given is 4.
Any ideas? On May 17, 10:43 am, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > :message => "Length is #{name.length}, max allowed is 240" > > 2009/5/17 phil7085 <[email protected]> > > > > > I am learning to use Validations and am using validates_length_of to > > check a field value is no longer than 240 characters. > > > I want to be able to produce a message back to the user telling them > > that the value they entered was x characters too long. > > > Does anyone know how I can work with the value and its length? > > > validates_length_of :name, :maximum => 240, :message => --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
