Yep that works, not quite sure why i couldn't access the length before though, still abit over my head but i'm learning.
Thanks for your help guys. P On May 17, 2:06 pm, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/5/17 phil7085 <[email protected]> > > > > > 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. > > That's true, I would go with Frederick's solution. > Colin > > > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
