I believe you are not thinking in the proper use of validations. What you want to do is:
s = Step.new ... s.valid? s.errors.on(*attribute_to_be_validated*) #returns nil for a valid value. or the error message in case the validation was not met On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 2:36 AM, Hugo Mag <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I need to call validation methods from outside the models. > This is a workflow application so the models don't have validation > methods declared in it. > > Example: > class Step < ActiveRecord::Base > end > > def Wrk < ActiveRecord::Base > has_many :steps > end > > I've tried using for instance Step.validates_numericality_of(...) or > Wrk.validates_format_of(...) but it does not work. > > Can anyone help me? > Best regards, > Hugo > -- > Posted via http://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]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- Mahmoud Said Software Engineer - eSpace blog.modsaid.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.
