>Mark Reginald James wrote: >> Michael Kahle wrote: >> getting over my head! :) > If a model before_validation, after_validation, or before_save > method or block returns false, a valid record won't be saved, > but you only get an exception if the saving method ended with > an exclamation mark.
I understand. What I don't understand is: when is the model automatically checked? Anytime you submit the form back to the controller? >> Are you saying that anything caught by "rescue" is something that you >> wouldn't want to pass back to the user? Is this because, let's say, in >> the event of a database failure it would better to send this to a log >> file or something similar? Is the idea behind what you are saying that >> we should only be passing validation errors back to the user? > > While you can use rescue sections in individual actions to > specially handle and inform users about action-specific errors, > to prevent duplication it's usually best to have other exceptions > handled by a single method in application.rb that informs both the > user and the developer than an unexpected error has occurred. > e.g. See the exception_notification plugin. Nice advice. I'll check out that plugin in the next few days. I need to get this iteration complete. :) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
