Ruby on Rails

On Jun 3, 4:30 am, dasibre <james.naad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a model, Work, that when I create a new instance with
> incorrect

Why not post your controller code as several people have asked rather
than reposting your original question.

Fred



> field data does not call the validation methods. When I update an
> existing instance with the same incorrect fields the validation
> methods are called.
> The create action fails on the save method and re-routes to the new
> action, causing runtime errors.
> I dont understand why update validates correctly and create doesn't.
> Validation lines in the model are as follows:
> validates :start, :presence => { :message => "must be a valid date/
> time" }
> validates :end, :presence => {:message => "must be a valid date/
> time"}
> validate :start_must_be_before_end_time
> def start_must_be_before_end_time
>     errors.add(:start, "must be before end time") unless
>         self.start < self.end
> end
> Any pointers would be great.
>
> I think your (validation :start, :presence )
> seems to be missing the "true" option.
>
> validation :start, :presence => true, :message => "must be a
> valid......
>
> On May 31, 3:50 pm, flaps <flaps2...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I have a model, Work, that when I create a new instance with incorrect
> > field data does not call the validation methods. When I update an
> > existing instance with the same incorrect fields the validation
> > methods are called.
>
> > The create action fails on the save method and re-routes to the new
> > action, causing runtime errors.
>
> > I dont understand why update validates correctly and create doesn't.
>
> > Validation lines in the model are as follows:
>
> > validates :start, :presence => { :message => "must be a valid date/
> > time" }
> > validates :end, :presence => {:message => "must be a valid date/
> > time"}
> > validate :start_must_be_before_end_time
>
> > def start_must_be_before_end_time
> >     errors.add(:start, "must be before end time") unless
> >         self.start < self.end
> > end
>
> > Any pointers would be great.

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