# Validates\_presence\_of message

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validates-presence-of-message/124366>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 28, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validates-presence-of-message/124366 "2007-12-28T02:31:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![wheels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7bcc69/32.png) [@wheels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wheels)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validates-presence-of-message/124366/1 "2007-12-28T02:31:48Z")

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validates\_presence\_of :field\_name, :message =\> “message”; the  
message shows up with the :field\_name message concatenated.

how can i just show just the message and not the field\_name?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![wheels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7bcc69/32.png) [@wheels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wheels)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validates-presence-of-message/124366/2 "2007-12-28T02:35:54Z")

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You can’t, not using that syntax.

\<% If !@record.errors\_on(:field\_name).empty? %\>  
OH NOES!  
\<% end %\>

In your view, perhaps?

On Dec 28, 2007 12:00 PM, wheels [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> validates\_presence\_of :field\_name, :message =\> “message”; the  
> message shows up with the :field\_name message concatenated.
> 
> how can i just show just the message and not the field\_name?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> >

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**Author:** ![wheels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7bcc69/32.png) [@wheels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wheels)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validates-presence-of-message/124366/3 "2007-12-28T11:50:51Z")

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wheels wrote:

> validates\_presence\_of :field\_name, :message =\> “message”; the  
> message shows up with the :field\_name message concatenated.
> 
> how can i just show just the message and not the field\_name?

One way is to install the custom-err-msg plugin  
– [http://rubyforge.org/projects/custom-err-msg/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/custom-err-msg/) –  
and prefix your message with a caret.

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