brilliant, exactly what I was looking for. Thank you much Robert. On Mar 9, 11:21 pm, Robert Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Seirie wrote: > > Hey guys, is there a validation that essentially acts the opposite way > > of "validates_presence_of". That is, the attribute in question must be > > nil, or blank, non-existent. If not, what's the best way to prevent a > > user from altering a web form attempting to submit data to a field > > that they should never have access to? > > What you're looking for is attr_accessible and/or attr_protected: > > http://railsapi.com/doc/rails-v2.3.5/classes/ActiveRecord/Base.html#M... > > If you were to do that in validation it would render the attribute > virtually useless. You would have to bypass validation altogether in > order to set it at all. What you really want is to disallow mass > assignment of the attribute. That's what the above methods do. > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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