2009/7/4 Learn by Doing <[email protected]>: > > Hi Nicholas, > > Thanks for your response. What I meant was that validation should not > compare the object that is being updated against its own existing copy. > For example, I am editting an existing object: > > [:aspect => "Aspect-A", :user_id => 5, :third_field => "morning"]. > > Now, the object is unique in the database according to > > validates_uniqueness_of :aspect, :scope => :user_id > > That's all good. However, when I update the object with the following > statements: > > self.third_field = "night" > save! > > Rails returns an error: > > ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid: Validation failed: Aspect has > already been taken > > Why? I am just trying to update an existing object, not create a new > one that would violate the uniqueness validation.
What code are you using for creating and modifying the object before saving it? Colin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
