RichardOnRails wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I've got an Expense model as follows:
> 
> class Expense < ActiveRecord::Base
>   belongs_to :vendor
> 
>   def validate_on_create
>     unless params["expense"]["vendor_id"] != "0"   # <= Line 5
>       errors.add("A vendor must be selected before creating the
> expense record")
>     end
>   end
> end
> 
> that crashes with:
> 
> undefined local variable or method `params' for #<Expense:0x4716c00>
> [snip]

Your model by itself knows nothing about params received in the 
controller. And by the time you're looking at validate_on_create, the 
attributes from params have been assigned to the model, IIRC.

What about simply

def validate_on_create
  unless vendor_id != 0
    errors.add(blah blah blah)
  end
end
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