Zipcode validation doesn't work

Rails
1

I am trying to do a very basic zipcode validation(zip is a int field
in mysql).

validates_presence_of :zip, :message => “Can’t be blank”
validates_format_of :zip, :with => /^[0-9]{5}(-[0-9]{4})?$/, :message
=> “Invalid Zipcode”

No matter whatever valid 5 digit zip I enter, this does not work, but
If I do a
‘12345’.match (/^[0-9]{5}(-[0-9]{4})?$/) it works just fine!

2

It seems both validations fail, the message says “Can’t be blank and
shold be 5 digits”, when its actually both.

3

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 5:17 PM, badnaam [email protected] wrote:

I am trying to do a very basic zipcode validation
** (zip is a int field in mysql) **

validates_format_of :zip, :with => /^[0-9]{5}(-[0-9]{4})?$/

Uh, you’re trying to use a regular expression on an int? Off the top
of my head that seems unlikely to work…

No matter whatever valid 5 digit zip I enter, this does not work, but
If I do a
‘12345’.match (/^[0-9]{5}(-[0-9]{4})?$/) it works just fine!

… as the above would seem to confirm.

HTH,

Hassan S. ------------------------ [email protected]
twitter: @hassan

4

Thanks, I did change the field to varchar(5) as well, that doesn’t
work eitehr

On Jul 25, 5:32 pm, Hassan S. [email protected]

5

Nevermind, I did not put zip in attr_accessible, that’s why it was
failing. Doh!!