# \[ANN\] Dr Nicâ?s Magic Models 0.8 - Validate Anything **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 21, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-dr-nica-s-magic-models-0-8-validate-anything/69501 "2006-09-21T13:24:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nicwilliams](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/aca169/32.png) [@nicwilliams](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicwilliams)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-dr-nica-s-magic-models-0-8-validate-anything/69501/1 "2006-09-21T13:24:02Z")
In the first run of the sell-out Magic Models - â??I canâ??t believe its an ActiveRecordâ? - Super Show - you were amazed as we stripped away the necessary essentials of an ActiveRecord - right in front of your eyes - the necessary became unnecessary. We removed the validates\_presence\_of validationsâ?¦ and the Magic Model still validated. We removed the has\_many, belongs\_to, and has\_many :through associationsâ?¦ and the Magic Model still associated. We removed the actual class definition itself - the very thing that provides the ActiveRecord CRUD layerâ?¦ and the Magic Model still CRUDded. In the new Magic Models, Virtual Validations get Virtuous! > > g = Group.new > > g.name = “x” \* 51 > > =\> "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxâ? > > g.valid? > > =\> false > > g.errors.full\_messages > > =\> [“Name is too long (maximum is 50 characters)”] All this and more in 0.8.0 of Dr Nic’s Magic Models [http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/09/21/dr-nic-magic-models-validate-anything-anytime-anywhere/](http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/09/21/dr-nic-magic-models-validate-anything-anytime-anywhere/) Its magic like this that makes programming fun 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nicwilliams](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/aca169/32.png) [@nicwilliams](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicwilliams)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-dr-nica-s-magic-models-0-8-validate-anything/69501/2 "2006-09-21T20:18:56Z")
On 9/21/06, Dr Nic [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > We removed the actual class definition itself - the very thing that > provides the ActiveRecord CRUD layer? and the Magic Model still CRUDded. > … > Its magic like this that makes programming fun 🙂 You don’t happen to be the guy in the white jacket in those new Hummer H3 ads are you? – Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/) ---
**Author:** ![nicwilliams](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/aca169/32.png) [@nicwilliams](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicwilliams)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-dr-nica-s-magic-models-0-8-validate-anything/69501/3 "2006-09-21T20:27:25Z")
> You don’t happen to be the guy in the white jacket in those new Hummer > H3 ads are you? I can’t confirm or deny. Got a link to the ad on youtube or somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![nicwilliams](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/aca169/32.png) [@nicwilliams](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicwilliams)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-dr-nica-s-magic-models-0-8-validate-anything/69501/4 "2006-09-23T02:16:45Z")
On 9/21/06, Dr Nic [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > You don’t happen to be the guy in the white jacket in those new Hummer > > H3 ads are you? > > I can’t confirm or deny. Got a link to the ad on youtube or somewhere? ## Sorry, I’ve only seen it on TeeVee. Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/)