validates_length_of :message not working

rubyonrails-talk
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I have the following code:

validates_length_of :city, :within => 1…30, :message => “Your city can’t be blank”

But the error message keeps showing the default message “City is too short (minimum is 1 characters)”. It works fine if I set :too_short and :too_long but that’s extra coding (I’m picky with DRY).

Any idea why this might be?

Thanks,

Chad

2

Try putting parentheses around 1…30.

validates_length_of :city, :within => (1…30), :message => “Your city can’t be blank”

Aaron

3

no such luck....same result.

4

I just looked at the API and your original line looks like it should work. The configuration options state that message is an alias of too_long/too_short.

What happens if you just remove the message like this:

validates_length_of :city, :within => 1…30

In that case the default too_long/too_short messages are supposed to kick in.

Aaron

5

ya according to the API it's *supposed* to work... hence my confusion.

hmph....

6

it IS working, just not how I'd expect. the :message isn't being used when I provide a :within attribute

7

any other ideas why :message is not working?