On 24 February 2011 12:36, Bhasker Harihara <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 24 February 2011 12:09, Bhasker Harihara <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > ... >> > Can you also expalin how validates get the values from the form_for >> >> It doesn't, your code does that and then calls save. When you call >> save the validations get called at appropriate points around the save >> to check the data. >> >> Have a look at the Rails Guide 'ActiveRecord Validations and Callback'. >> >> Colin >> >> -- > > > I click "sign up" -> form_for gets displayed -> I click "save" then in > user.rb validates takes place. Am I correct to say this.
After you click 'save' it goes off to some controller action. Somewhere in there it presumably calls @user.save @user.update_attributes or one of the other ways that a record gets saved. It is at this point that the validations get called. Colin -- 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.
