Blank fields getting validated

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Hi,

I am not sure if this is already answered in this list. I couldn't find an answer. So I am posting the question.

I have multiple validations for a field. For example:

validates_presence_of :contact_email

validates_format_of :contact_email,                       :with => /^([^@\s]+)@((?:[-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,})$/i,                       :message => "is not a valid email address"

When I submit the form with a blank contact_email I get 2 error messages: Contact email is not a valid email address Contact email can't be blank

If the field is blank the second validations obviously fails.

I think Rails should look for blankness of the field and then just show one error message saying it's a blank field.

Any solutions or workarouns?

Thanks much.

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Love AJAX wrote:

When I submit the form with a blank contact_email I get 2 error messages: Contact email is not a valid email address Contact email can't be blank

:allow_nil => true

See the Default_Validation_Options under ActiveRecord::Validations::ClassMethods at http://api.rubyonrails.org/

hth, Bill

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Even this doesn't work. I checked the values of attributes and blank fields are not nil. It appears to be blank. So the validations are taking place.