# Empty validation error messages?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/empty-validation-error-messages/176875>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 7, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/empty-validation-error-messages/176875 "2009-10-07T12:45:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![cojones](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@cojones](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cojones)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/empty-validation-error-messages/176875/1 "2009-10-07T12:45:30Z")

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Hello,

I’m have a form and the error messages are not being displayed properly

I got a remote\_form\_for and am trying to show errors like I always do:  
\<%= error\_messages\_for @user%\>

but the output is:  
4 errors prohibited this user from being saved

There were problems with the following fields:

```
* {{attribute}} {{message}}
* {{attribute}} {{message}}
* {{attribute}} {{message}}
* {{attribute}} {{message}}

```

When I use this method, the errors are being displayed correctly:  
\<% for error in @user.errors %\>  
\<%= ‘’+error[0]+’ - ‘+error[1]+’  
’  
%\>  
\<% end %\>

Does anyone know why the error\_messages\_for does not work?

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**Author:** ![cojones](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@cojones](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cojones)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/empty-validation-error-messages/176875/2 "2009-10-07T12:47:26Z")

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Heinz S. wrote:  
…

> I got a remote\_form\_for and am trying to show errors like I always do:  
> \<%= error\_messages\_for @user%\>

…

Sorry, pasted the wrong line. It’s this:  
\<%= error\_messages\_for :user %\>