CuriousNewbie wrote in post #976445:
> Hello, I'm working to create a method in my controller to check an
> email to see if the email's domain is acceptable. I want to prevent
> gmail and hotmail for certain reasons. Here's what I have so far:
>
> controller:
> if valid_email_domain(email_address)
> # good email domain
> else
> # bad email domain
> end
>
> protected
> def valid_email_domain(emailAddy)
> reg = Regexp.new '/#{User::INVALID_EMAILS.map{|a|
> Regexp.quote(a)}.join("|")}/'
> return true if emailAddy.scan(reg).size == 0
> end
>
> user model:
> INVALID_EMAILS = %w(gmail.com hotmail.com)
>
>
> But that errors, any ideas?
And the error you get is...?
> I'm not sure if I'm doing the REGEX
> correctly, could use some regex help.
Well, your regex seems OK, but you should be doing your validation in
the model, not the controller.
Best,
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