Thank you both Pepe and Bob. I appreciate it. Andrew
On Jul 20, 1:22 pm, Bob <[email protected]> wrote: > There is also the :on option for validations. With combining :on > with :if you could essentially set up several validations that are > triggered by the specific pages. > > One validation to ensure presence_of :name, :email and :password :on > => :create > One validation to ensure presence_of :name :on => :update, :if > => :email_and_password_are_not_being_updated > One validation to ensure presence_of :email :on => :update, :if > => :name_and_password_are_not_being_updated > One validation to ensure presence_of :password :on => :update, :if > => :email_and_name_are_not_being_updated > > You would have to write the methods for each :if option to inspect the > attribute updates being sent by the form and other validations might > be necessary if you have another page to allow edits for all three > attributes. > > Hope this helps. > > Bob > > On Jul 19, 2:33 pm, Andrew Perkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, I have a user model which stores a users name, email, and password. > > > I have a separate profile controller which lets the user edit his name, > > email, and password from the user model. > > > I want the user to be able to update his name separately from his email as > > well as change his password separately from when he changes his name or > > email. > > > So on my profile edit page I have 3 forms. One for editing his name, one for > > his email, then a third form to enter in his current password, what he wants > > his new password to be, then a confirmation of that password. > > > My problem is that he can't edit just his name, when I submit the name form > > the password validation kicks in and won't let me submit. > > > Can anyone give me some tips on how I could accomplish this please? Thank > > you. -- 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.
