Hi Daniel Based on the comments from your StackOverflow post, it appears you are not getting a "Rails Error", but your validation is failing. So it could be any of your validation rules. Are you familiar with the debugger gem or pry ? You can also try logging out your errors. The quickest/dirtiest way is probably logging like this in your else statement in the controller#create method:
logger.debug(@group.errors) However, I encourage you to check out tools like debugger or pry. They can save you lots of time! Also, it's worth noting that the strip() method might not be accomplishing your goal. strip() will only remove trailing and preceding whitespace. [45] pry(main)> 'The A Team'.strip => "The A Team" [46] pry(main)> ' The A Team '.strip => "The A Team" Cheers Ben On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Daniel Bogart <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a User Group table with a group_name value that is entered when the > group is created. If there is a space in the group name, for example "The A > Team", the group name is still created, but it is not assigned to the > current user, and it throws the error message in my if/else statement in > the controller. Code is as follows: > > Controller: > > def create > @group = current_user.create_user_group(group_params) > current_user.user_group = @group > current_user.save > if @group.valid? > redirect_to '/user_groups/'[email protected]_name, :notice => "Your group > has been created" > else > redirect_to '/user_groups/', :error => "Error: group name may already > be taken. Search, or try a new name." > endend > > Model > > class UserGroup < ActiveRecord::Base > > has_many :users > > has_secure_password > validates :password, :presence => true > > validates :group_name, :presence => true, :uniqueness => true > > before_validation :strip_blanks > def strip_blanks > self.group_name = self.group_name.stripend > > Create form: > > <div class="form-group"> > <label for="Group Name">Enter group name</label> > <%= f.input :group_name, :required => true, :autofocus => true, > :maxlength => 40, :input_html => { :class => "form-control" }, :label => > false, :placeholder => "Group name" %></div><div class="form-group"> > <label for="Password">Password</label> > <%= f.input :password, :required => true, :autofocus => true, :maxlength > => 40, :input_html => { :class => "form-control" }, :label => false, > :placeholder => "Group password" %></div> > <%= f.button :submit, :class => "btn btn-md btn-warning" %></div> > > > Link to StackOverflow post if you want some > points:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25757686/rails-spaces-in-string-used-for-name-causes-validation-error > Thanks! > > Daniel > > -- > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SD Ruby" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD Ruby" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
