Polymorphic validation

Rails
1

Hello

I have 2 models.

link.rb

has_many :categories, :as => :categorized
validates_presence_of :name, :url, :created_at, :category

category.rb

belongs_to :categorized, :polymorphic => true
validates_presence_of :name

Everything seems to work. I select my category from a select tag. The
problem is i don’t know how to validate if category is for example
empty
(nothing in a select tag), i would like to display the validation
error
along with other validation errors for link.

My create link controller.

def create
@link = Link.new(params[:link])

if @link.save
flash[:notice] = 'Link was successfully created.'
category = Category.new(params[:category][:id])
category.categorized = @link
category.save
else
render :action => "new"
end

end

2

Perhaps try enclosing the ‘save’ into a begin/rescue block?

I have something similar:

class Keyword < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :rules, :order => :position
<–>

keywords_controller:

def addrule
@keyword = Keyword.find(params[:id])
rule_description = params[:rule][:description].strip
# exclamation mark after create method call forces validation
begin @keyword.rules.create!(:description => rule_description)
flash[:notice] = “New rule was successfully added.”
rescue Exception
flash[:notice] = "Error saving rule: " + rule_description +
“
”
flash[:notice] << $!.message
end
redirect_to :action => ‘show’, :id => @keyword
end

3

First of all I am sorry for triple post (accident).
Thank you for reply. I will look into your solution.

On 19 Cze, 11:20, Isabelle P. [email protected]