# Reading Validation fields

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-validation-fields/127354>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 28, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-validation-fields/127354 "2008-01-28T15:24:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anup\_Narkhede](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Anup\_Narkhede](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Anup_Narkhede)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-validation-fields/127354/1 "2008-01-28T15:24:37Z")

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Hey Guys,

I am wondering if there is a way to read validation attributes from an  
activerecord model.  
For example: I write  
validates\_presence\_of :user, :email, :password

Can I access these attributes as an array in runtime?  
[‘user’, ‘email’, ‘password’]

Anup