Can't Get a Combined Create Account and Login Working

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Hi -

I'm having problems getting a my dual purpose create account and login page working.

If I try to login, the index method runs and throws errors based on some checks I'm running from my user model. I'm pretty sure that the problem is in the model, but I don't know how to tell rails to conditionally validate based on which action I'm calling...

-- user Model --

#...   validates_presence_of :username   validates_presence_of :email   validates_uniqueness_of :username   validates_uniqueness_of :email   attr_accessor :password_confirmation   validates_confirmation_of :password #...

-- UserController --

def index   @user = User.new(params[:user])   if request.post? and @user.save     flash.now[:notice] = "Welcome #{@user.username} - you are all set"     @user = User.new   end end

def login   session[:user_id] = nil   session[:user_username] = nil   if request.post?     user = User.authenticate(params[:username], params[:password])     if user       session[:user_id] = user.id       session[:user_username] = user.username       flash[:notice] = "Welcome back #{user.username}!"       redirect_to(:action => "index")     else       flash.now[:notice] = "Invalid user/password combination"     end   end end

-- index.html.erb --

<div class="">   <%= error_messages_for 'user' %>   <fieldset>     <legend>create account</legend>     <% form_for :user do |form| %>       <p>         <label for="user_name">username:</label>         <%= form.text_field :username, :size => 40 %>       </p>       <p>         <label for="user_email">e-mail:</label>         <%= form.text_field :email, :size => 40 %>       </p>       <p>         <label for="user_password">password:</label>         <%= form.password_field :password, :size => 40 %>       </p>       <p>         <label for="user_password_confirmation">confirm:</label>         <%= form.password_field :password_confirmation, :size => 40 %>       </p>

      <%= submit_tag "create account", :controller => 'user', :action => 'index' %>     <% end %>   </fieldset> </div>

<div class="">   <fieldset>   <legend>sign in</legend>     <% form_tag do %>       <p>         <label for="user_name">username:</label>         <%= text_field_tag :username, params[:user_name] %>       </p>       <p>       <label for="password">password:</label>         <%= password_field_tag :password, params[:password] %>       </p>       <p>         <%= submit_tag "sign in", :controller => 'user', :action => 'login' %>       </p>     <% end %>   </fieldset> </div>

Thanks in advance!