model Validation for Polymorphic association

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#1

Hi All,

   Anybody did the model validation for polymorphic association table??

class Request < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :user
  belongs_to :user_request,:polymorphic=>true
  belongs_to :service
end

class WaterBill < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_one :request,:as=>:user_request,:dependent=>:destroy

  validates_presence_of(:name_of_legalperson, :message => "Should not be
blank")

end

   Here validation in WaterBill model is not working..

my controller code...

def save
    @requests=Request.new()
    @requests.user_request=WaterBill.new(params[:water_bill])
    if @requests.save
      flash[:notice] = 'Water Bill Was Successfully Created.'
      redirect_to :action => 'newwaterbill'
    else
      render :action => 'newwaterbill'
    end
  end

  Any thing wrong in this code .. please clarify my doubts...

#2

If you use the debugger you can easily see what the model's error hash contains.

script/server --debugger

Then add 'debug' near where the code is causing a problem.

Try changing your code so you can actually get at the errors:

@request.save
if @request.new_record?
  debug
end

Also, I would choose a model name other than Request, seems too easily
confused request.post and friends.