That's just the way it's designed to work. If you want to make sure it's not null, you'll need to also use validates_presence_of or validates :presence => true
On Thursday, August 25, 2011 1:33:07 PM UTC-4, sreid wrote: > > Also, is there some reason why validates_associated does not throw an > exception on nil ? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/QC0xq9zfciAJ. 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.
