Thanks for your help. That was it. Remove the quotes and it works.
On Dec 3, 9:36 am, Philip Hallstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 2, 2008, at 10:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Yes, :agreement is a field in my database. Should I remove it? > > In any case I did set the :accept => "true", but it didn't change > > anything. I get the same error when I submit the form whether or not > > the box is checked. > > Set :accept => true (no quotes). That's how I read the docs... if > it's a database column, you need that. > > > The html shows: > > > <ul><div class="fieldWithErrors"><input checked="checked" > > id="agent_agreement" name="agent[agreement]" type="checkbox" > > value="1" /></div><div class="fieldWithErrors"><input name="agent > > [agreement]" type="hidden" value="0" /></div> > > > Am I reading this right that after the checkbox value is set to "1" > > that then there is a hidden value that is setting it to "0"? Is this > > supposed to be this way? > > > On Dec 2, 7:26 pm, Philip Hallstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I have a terms of service agreement attached to a checkbox. It seems > >>> to work ok and I see > > >>> "agreement"=>"0" when the box is not checked in the development > >>> log > > >>> and > > >>> "agreement"=>"1" when the box is checked in the log. > > >>> But in the model I this validation: > > >>> validates_acceptance_of :agreement, > >>> :message => "Please accept the terms to > >>> proceed" > > >>> So when the form is actually filled out, no matter whether the box > >>> is > >>> checked or not I get: > > >>> 1 error prohibited this agent from being saved > > >>> There were problems with the following fields: > > >>> -Agreement, Please accept the terms to proceed > > >>> So what am I missing to get this to work? > > >> is :agreement a field in your database? if so the docs say... > > >> :accept - Specifies value that is considered accepted. The default > >> value is a string "1", which makes it easy to relate to an HTML > >> checkbox. This should be set to true if you are validating a database > >> column, since the attribute is typecast from "1" to true before > >> validation. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
