Can anyone see why the pw validation is failing?

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I have a simple form to allow the user to update their password. It always throws the error saying that the password is too short (they are over the min of 6 chars). The passwords are making it in to the model just fine. If I raise an exception within the before_validation user method the password and password confirmation values both exist, but it still throws an error.

I do have both the pw and pw_conf as attr_accessible in the users model.

I am stumped to why it is doing this. Any ideas?

def password     @user = current_user     return if request.get?

    if @user.update_attributes(       :password => params[:password],       :password_confirmation => params[:password_confirmation])         flash[:success] = "Your password has been updated."         redirect_to admin_user_path(@user)     else       render :action => :password     end   end

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Here is the form.

- form_tag "/admin/users/password" do   %fieldset     = form_field("Password", :tip => "required") { password_field :password, nil, :size => 15 }     = form_field("Password Confirmation", :tip => "required") { password_field :password_confirmation, nil, :size => 15 }

  .buttons     = submit_tag "Save Password"     or     = link_to "Cancel", admin_user_path(@user)

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Here is the form.

- form_tag "/admin/users/password" do %fieldset = form_field("Password", :tip => "required") { password_field :password, nil, :size => 15 } = form_field("Password Confirmation", :tip => "required") { password_field :password_confirmation, nil, :size => 15 }

Looking at the params that are submitted would probably tell you why. You're abusing password_field by passing nil as the second argument. You could either use form builders, form for etc... use password_field properly (ie first parameter is the name of an instance variable, 2nd is a method name) or use password_field_tag.

Fred

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> Here is the form.

> - form_tag "/admin/users/password" do > %fieldset > = form_field("Password", :tip => "required") { password_field > :password, nil, :size => 15 } > = form_field("Password Confirmation", :tip => "required") { > password_field :password_confirmation, nil, :size => 15 }

Looking at the params that are submitted would probably tell you why. You're abusing password_field by passing nil as the second argument. You could either use form builders, form for etc... use password_field properly (ie first parameter is the name of an instance variable, 2nd is a method name) or use password_field_tag.

And if you're lucky enough that rails lets you get away with that, then showing the code that's actually relevant here (ie the model and its validations) would be useful.

Fred