[Rails] Rails 4 Postgres Array attribute: how can I ensure that the attribute is an array during validation?

2014-04-11 Thread Moncef Belyamani 


Hi,

I just started experimenting with the native Postgress array type in Rails 
4, and I'm running into an issue I can't figure out. I want the app to 
raise an error if the value for an array attribute is not an array.

Before, when I was using a regular text type for the field, and serializing 
it with Rails, I was able to make sure the attribute was an array with a 
custom validation like this:

def format_of_admin_email regexp = /.+@.+\..+/i if admin_emails.present?  
(!admin_emails.is_a?(Array) || admin_emails.detect { |a| 
a.match(regexp).nil? }) errors[:base]  admin_emails must be an array of 
valid email addresses end end 

But now that the field is a Postgres array, it seems like Rails 
automatically converts the string input into an empty array, so the 
validation never fails. Here's my migration:

class AddAdminEmailsToLocations  ActiveRecord::Migration def change 
add_column :locations, :admin_emails, :text, array: true end end 

If I create a Location where admin_emails is a string:

Location.create!(admin_emails: this should fail) 

it doesn't raise a validation error, and it sets admin_emails to an empty 
array.

Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug in Rails?

I also tried checking if the input is an array in a before_validation 
callback, and added a puts admin_emails.present?, but it returned false, as 
if it never saw the String input.

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Re: [Rails] Rails 4 Postgres Array attribute: how can I ensure that the attribute is an array during validation?

2014-04-11 Thread Jordon Bedwell 
Try adding `return false`

Thanks,

Jordon Bedwell
https://envygeeks.com
On 4/11/2014 10:18:09 AM, Moncef Belyamani mon...@codeforamerica.orgwrote:
Hi,
I just started experimenting with the native Postgress array type in Rails 4, 
and I'm running into an issue I can't figure out. I want the app to raise an 
error if the value for an array attribute is not an array.

Before, when I was using a regular text type for the field, and serializing it 
with Rails, I was able to make sure the attribute was an array with a custom 
validation like this:
def format_of_admin_email regexp = /.+@.+\..+/i if admin_emails.present?  
(!admin_emails.is_a?(Array) || admin_emails.detect { |a| a.match(regexp).nil? 
}) errors[:base]  admin_emails must be an array of valid email addresses 
end end
But now that the field is a Postgres array, it seems like Rails automatically 
converts the string input into an empty array, so the validation never fails. 
Here's my migration:
class AddAdminEmailsToLocations  ActiveRecord::Migration def change add_column 
:locations, :admin_emails, :text, array: true end end
If I create a Location where admin_emails is a string:
Location.create!(admin_emails: this should fail)
it doesn't raise a validation error, and it sets admin_emails to an empty array.
Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug in Rails?
I also tried checking if the input is an array in a before_validation callback, 
and added a puts admin_emails.present?, but it returned false, as if it never 
saw the String input.
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