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Rails Validations - Overview

i keep forgetting that, so i post it here for me and everyone else.

Here is the list of validations which you can perform on user input:


validates_presence_of:


Following check that last_name and first_name should be filled and should not be NOLL.


validates_presence_of :firstname, :lastname

validates_length_of:


Following example shows various validations on a single filed. These validations can be performed separately.


validates_length_of :password,
:minimum => 8 # more than 8 characters
:maximum => 16 # shorter than 16 characters
:in => 8..16 # between 8 and 16 characters
:too_short => 'way too short'
:too_long => 'way to long'


validates_acceptance_of:


Following will accept only 'Y' value for option field.


validates_acceptance_of :option            
:accept => 'Y'

validates_confirmation_of:


The fields password and password_confirmation must match and will be used as follows:


validates_confirmation_of :password

validates_uniqueness_of:



Following puts a condition for user_name to be unique.


validates_uniqueness_of :user_name

validates_format_of:


Following validates a that given email ID is in a valid format. This shows how you can use regualr expression to validatea filed.


validates_format_of :email
:with => /^(+)@((?:[-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,})$/i

validates_numericality_of:


This validates that given field is numeric.


validates_numericality_of   :value                 
:only_integer => true
:allow_nil => true


validates_inclusion_of:


Following checks that passed value is an enumeration and falls in the given range.


validates_inclusion_of  :gender,   
:in => %w( m, f )

validates_exclusion_of:


Following checks that given values does not fall in the given range.


validates_exclusion_of  :age        
:in => 13..19


validates_inclusion_of:


Following checks that given values should fall in the given range. This is opposite to validates_exclusion_of.


validates_inclusion_of  :age
:in => 13..19

validates_associated:


This validates that the associated object is valid.


Options for all Validations:


You can use following options alongwith all the validations.




  • :message => 'my own errormessage' Use this to print a custom error message in case of validation fails.


  • :on => :create or :update This will be used in such cases where you want to perform validation only when record is being created or updated. So if you use :create then this validation work only when there is a create opration on database.



Check the following link for more detail on Validations.

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