hi @ all How can I modify the error messages in the view? Now, in every error message, I've all time the unessential lines "1 error prohibited this xxx from being saved" and "There were problems with the following fields" but I want only the real message (for example "name can't be blank"). I need the helper error_messages_for :xxx in the views.
Thanks for helping.
If you want something custom you'll probably have to create it yourself. The error_messages_for macro just iterates through the .errors collection on the named ActiveRecord object and introduces it with the line that you want omitted. Something like this will probably work:
<% unless my_object.errors.empty? %> <ul> <% my_object.errors.each_pair do |attr, err| %> <% content_tag :li, "#{attr.to_s.humanize} #{errors.join(', ')}" <% end %> </ul>
Great, thanks for helping...