Sorry, I should have written: exceeded_count = Model.exceeded_vote_count?(session[:vote_count])
On Sep 17, 12:32 pm, pepe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why don't you pass the session value as a parameter to a model's > method? > > In your controller you would have something like: > > model.exceeded_vote_count?(session[:vote_count]) > > In your model: > > def Model.exceeded_vote_count?(count) > count > MAX_VOTE_COUNT ? true : false > end > > Pepe > > On Sep 17, 2:28 am, arifb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i realized that the post may have not been totally clear: > > > basically, i just want to validate against something that is not in > > the db/model - is this possible to do in the model so that i have > > access to the Error object? > > > On Sep 17, 2:11 am, arifb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > hello all, > > > > i have a model that has a field 'votes'. users may only vote once per > > > session and so i am using a session variable to track whether they > > > have voted. i would like to use rails validation within the model to > > > output an error if a user tries to vote more than once. > > > > my issue is that this tracking of whether the user has voted this > > > session is not tracked in the database (it is in the session > > > variable). is it still possible to use the rails validation framework > > > to validate? i am doing the appropriate checking in the controller, > > > i'm just not sure how to then propagate this check to the model (in > > > order to use the validation framework). can i just define a new > > > attribute for the model even though it is not a field in the db? > > > > thanks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
