I'm trying to figure out validation. I was looking at what exactly is going on when using scaffolding and the error_messages_for method. I'm not sure exactly what to ask.. My situation is that I have a form that submits to a process method, and depending on one of the options, it creates a new user type.. the validation examples in scaffolding are so simple thought that when tearing it down and trying to bring it to my particular case it doesn't work.
here is the form:
<%= session[:verror_ob].errors if session[:verror_obj] != nil %> <h2>Signup</h2> <% if flash[:notice] %> <%= flash[:notice] + '<br/>' %> <% end %>
Are you a 1or a 2? <br/> <%= start_form_tag "/signup/process_acct" %> 1: <input type="radio" name="acctType" value="1" /> company next<br/> company name <%= text_field 'user', 'company_name' %><br/> contact name <%= text_field 'user', 'contact_name' %><br/> firstname <%= text_field 'user', 'firstname' %><br/> lastname <%= text_field 'user', 'lastname' %><br/> email <%= text_field 'user', 'email' %><br/> phone <%= text_field 'user', 'phone' %><br/> address 1 <%= text_field 'address', 'address_one' %><br/> address 2 <%= text_field 'address', 'address_two' %><br/> city <%= text_field 'address', 'city' %><br/> state <%= text_field 'address', 'state' %><br/> zip <%= text_field 'address', 'zip' %><br/> password <%= text_field 'user', 'password' %><br/> <%= submit_tag "Signup!" %> <%= end_form_tag %>
here is the process ruby:
def process_acct @user = params[:user] @acct_type = params[:acctType] @address = Address.new(params[:address])
if @acct_type == '1' @n = Nurse.new @n.firstname = @user['firstname'] @n.lastname = @user['lastname'] @n.email = @user['email'] @n.phone = @user['phone'] @n.password = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(@user['password']) begin Nurse.transaction(@address, @n) do if !@address.save session[:verror] = 'address' session[:verror_ob] = @a raise end @n.address_id = @address.id if !@n.save session[:verror] = 'nurse' session[:verror_ob] = @n raise end end rescue Exception => error redirect_to :action => 'index' return end
elsif @acct_type == 'company' @c = Company.new @c.company_name = @user['company_name'] @c.contact_name = @user['contact_name'] @c.email = @user['email'] @c.phone = @user['phone'] @c.password = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(@user['password']) begin Company.transaction(@address, @c) do if !@address.save session[:verror] = 'address' raise end @c.address_id = @address.id if !@c.save session[:verror] = 'company' raise end end rescue Exception => error redirect_to :action => 'index' return end
else redirect_to :action => 'index' return end
#all went well redirect_to :controller => 'login' return
So how do I know what object to use the .error property for? in the case of validation (source from error_messages_for).