How about this ?
validate do |applicant|
errors.add_to_base("Things must check out!") unless applicant.check_things
end
def before_save
applicant.non_represented_field = 123456789
end
before_save will only be called if your validations pass, so
non_represented_field will only be assigned to valid records.
Luke
On 2010-10-05, at 1:46 PM, Jim Burgess wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a web-based form for applicants to enter their details, created
> using form_for :applicant
>
> There is one field in the corresponding applicants table of my database
> which is not represented in the form.
>
> I want to set the value of this field in the model (it should be an
> unique hash).
>
> What is the best way to do this?
>
> Currently I am doing:
>
> validate do |applicant|
> applicant.check_things
> applicant.non_represented_field = 123456789
> end
>
> This works, but the value assigned to the 'non-represented' field is
> only available after the applicants details have been successfully
> saved.
>
> If validation fails (i.e. if an obligatory field was omitted), this
> value is showing up in the hash of values that is posted to the
> controller as nil (which is bad as I always want it to be set).
>
> I would be grateful if anyone could give me an idea how to solve this.
> The only other thing I could think of was setting it with some kind of
> call back, but I couldn't get that to work.
>
> Thanks in advance.
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