# Is validates\_presence\_of() deprecated in Rails 3?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-validates-presence-of-deprecated-in-rails-3/190404>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 19, 2010, 9:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-validates-presence-of-deprecated-in-rails-3/190404 "2010-06-19T09:52:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vikrant\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Vikrant\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Vikrant_C)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 9:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-validates-presence-of-deprecated-in-rails-3/190404/1 "2010-06-19T09:52:49Z")

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Just wondering if validates\_presence\_of() has been deprecated in  
favour of validates(:name, :presence =\> true) or we can prefer to use  
any?  
Asking so, since NetBeans 6.9 shows a deprecation warning, however I  
can not find any such deprecation message in documentations/code of  
Rails 3.0.0.beta4 and on web.

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**Author:** ![Vikrant\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Vikrant\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Vikrant_C)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-validates-presence-of-deprecated-in-rails-3/190404/2 "2010-06-19T10:16:49Z")

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On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 12:51 AM, Vikrant C.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote:

> Just wondering if validates\_presence\_of() has been deprecated in  
> favour of validates(:name, :presence =\> true) or we can prefer to use  
> any?  
> Asking so, since NetBeans 6.9 shows a deprecation warning, however I  
> can not find any such deprecation message in documentations/code of  
> Rails 3.0.0.beta4 and on web.

Hi, you might want to check the documentation for Rails 3 API instead of  
relying  
on NetBeans to provide this up to date information. Here’s the current  
docs  
for  
this validation method:

> **[rails.info](http://guides.rails.info/active_record_validations_callbacks.html#validates-presence-of)**
>
> Ruby on Rails,Rails Tutorial,Ruby Basics,Rails 4,Bar Rails,Rail

Good luck,

-Conrad