On Jun 19, 2011, at 7:23 AM, Mauro wrote:

> In the model I have:
> 
> validates :square_meters_public_land, :barrier_meters, :numericality
> => { :greater_than_or_equal_to => 0 }, :allow_nil => true
> 
> but if, in the field, on create, I don't insert a value I have the
> error "field is not a number".


Include the :allow_blank option if the fields are not required.
I generally think about this in terms of "specifying a validation always 
includes :required; if that's not what I want, I have to include :allow_blank".

cheers,
Bill

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