Validation weird behaviour

Hi, Im migrating my code from rails 2.0.2 to 2.3.8. I created the structure using script/generate and copied the codes from the old version to controller, model and views. It is working fine, but when I try to create a new record, I face the error msg: "Field has already been taken". The weird thing is that the table is clean, I did db:migrate:reset. Does anybody has a clue on what´s going on with the "validates_uniqueness_of " validator?

Thanks,

Pedro