# Validation errors **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 26, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validation-errors/83502 "2007-01-26T18:22:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rvent)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validation-errors/83502/1 "2007-01-26T18:22:34Z")
Hello again… I am trying to validate date input and i am having a few problems… I have looked at the api and so far i see nothing wrong with my code… Model: #Validates Length validates\_length\_of :part\_number, :minimun =\> 5, :message =\> “Part# must be at least 5 digits!” validates\_length\_of :work\_order, :minimun =\> 5, :message =\> “Work Order must be at least 5 digits!” validates\_length\_of :priority, :in =\> 1…3, :message =\> “Priority must be between 1 and 3” EX: Part\_number: 12345 Work\_order: 12345 priority: 6 This comes back with an error: “private method `split’ called for 6:Fixnum” 6 is the value entered on the priority field… When i comment the priority validation out, no matter what value i enter on the part\_number and work\_order i get the field highlithed on red. Even when the correct value is entered… Model: #Validates Length validates\_length\_of :part\_number, :minimun =\> 5, :message =\> “Part# must be at least 5 digits!” validates\_length\_of :work\_order, :minimun =\> 5, :message =\> “Work Order must be at least 5 digits!” #validates\_length\_of :priority, :in =\> 1…3, :message =\> “Priority must be between 1 and 3” EX: Part\_number: 12345 Work\_order: 12345 priority: 6 Am i missing something…? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rvent)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validation-errors/83502/2 "2007-01-26T18:48:56Z")
I suspect that those validation functions are meant to act on strings. Either change to strings or wright a method that validates\_size\_of ---
**Author:** ![rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rvent)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validation-errors/83502/3 "2007-01-26T19:01:19Z")
“minimum” is misspelled ---
**Author:** ![rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rvent)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validation-errors/83502/4 "2007-01-26T20:13:38Z")
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > “minimum” is misspelled Yeah i saw that and corrected it… But i think Keynan is right, i think it only works with strings… ---
**Author:** ![rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rvent)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validation-errors/83502/5 "2007-01-26T20:16:09Z")
For some reason i cant see the error it reports… It only puts the red border around the field with the error… No explanation or no message… I followed the tutorial on apple’s site and they only show that they put the validation lines and it displayed the whole message explaining why it failed… Any thoughts…? Thanks