Yep that works, not quite sure why i couldn't access the length before
though, still abit over my head but i'm learning.
Thanks for your help guys.
P
On May 17, 2:06 pm, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 2009/5/17 phil7085 <philip.ben...@pixelblur-uk.com>
>
>
>
> > Thanks for the reply, That doesn't give me the value for name it just
> > gives back the name of the model. i.e Task so the length given is 4.
>
> That's true, I would go with Frederick's solution.
> Colin
>
>
>
> > Any ideas?
>
> > On May 17, 10:43 am, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > :message => "Length is #{name.length}, max allowed is 240"
>
> > > 2009/5/17 phil7085 <p....@btopenworld.com>
>
> > > > I am learning to use Validations and am using validates_length_of to
> > > > check a field value is no longer than 240 characters.
>
> > > > I want to be able to produce a message back to the user telling them
> > > > that the value they entered was x characters too long.
>
> > > > Does anyone know how I can work with the value and its length?
>
> > > > validates_length_of :name, :maximum => 240, :message =>
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