On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 7:14 PM, RichardOnRails
<[email protected]> wrote:

> It can't be nil.  When the form is instantiated

Assuredly, it can be -- a request can be generated without your form
being involved at all.

I'd suggest that it's good practice to handle any (even nil) input value
in a way appropriate to your business logic.

Or not, your call. Don't take my word for it. Write a test and see what
happens when you supply a nil value for that attribute. :-)

FWIW,
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