Although, using a Proc for the :message using that plugin could be an option, ill test it out and see if i can include links in the string returned by the Proc.
Thanks again --Rob On Jan 29, 12:07 pm, keavy <keavy.mcm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why not just use validates_uniqueness_of, with a custom :message ? > > custom-err-msg is handy for custom > messages:http://github.com/gumayunov/custom-err-msg > > I know that doesn't answer your URL issue, but it would seem a simpler/ > tidier solution even if you still wanted to include the link. I prefer > to just leave navigation out of notices. > > On Jan 29, 9:55 am, Rob Aldred <rald...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I want to be able to have a more detailed friendly message for users > > when they register with an email address thats already taken. > > > At the moment I have written a small validation method to produce what > > I want, personally I dont like it because I've had to include modules > > that shouldn't really be there (ActionController::UrlWriter and > > ActionView::Helpers) > > > I was considering extending the error_message_for method to check for > > error messages on fields against a list stored in a constant then > > replacing them in the errors array, but I dont really like that > > either. > > > Does anyone know of a plugin or any suggestions on how I could make > > this cleaner? > > Here's what I have so far. > > > <pre> > > class User < ActiveRecord::Base > > include ActionController::UrlWriter > > include ActionView::Helpers > > > validate :unique_email_address > > ... > > > def unique_email_address > > if self.class.find_by_email(email) > > errors.add(:email, "The email address #{email} has already > > been used. Please use a different email address or #{link_to('Sign > > in',login_path)}.") > > end > > end > > ... > > end > > > </pre> > > > Thanks > > --Rob > > -- 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-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
