Validation isn't working - weird problem

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I am really stuck, would appreciate some help from the community. I
have a method in my controller like this:

def save_business
if(params[:id] == nil)
@business = Business.new(params[:business])
@business.user_id = session[:user_id]
if @business.save
flash[:notice] = ‘Business was successfully created.’
redirect_to :action => ‘edit_business_2’, :id => @business
else
render :action => ‘edit_business_1’
end
else
@business = Business.find(params[:id])
if @business.update_attributes(params[:business])
redirect_to :action => ‘edit_business_2’, :id => @business
else
render :action => ‘edit_business_1’, :id => @business
end
end
end

I have a form in my rhtml file like this:

<% form_for :business, :url => { :action => :save_business, :id =>
@business} do |form| %>

Legal name: <%= form.text_field :legal_name, :size => 40 %> (example: TFS, LLC)

... ... ... <%= submit_tag "Save", :class => "submit", :id => "yah", :style => "visibility:hidden; "%> <% end %>

In the model file I have this:

validates_presence_of :legal_name
validates_numericality_of :zip
protected
def validate
if legal_name.blank?
errors.add(:legal_name, “should be at least 0.01”)
end
end

Neither of the validation is working, in the log file I get something
like this:

Processing BusinessController#save_business (for xxx.xx.xxx.xx at
2007-07-16 14:03:02) [POST]
Session ID: 35229c421c8a7df5d77aff8f7f2a5b3a
Parameters: {“business”=>{“city”=>“”, “business_description”=>“”,
“zip”=>“hi”, “contact_person”=>“Sean”, “role_at_company”=>“CEO”,
“phone_number”=>“312-218-3413”, “street_address”=>“7a8”,
“years_business_owned”=>“2”, “entity_type_id”=>“1”,
“doing_business_as”=>“sean28893”, “years_in_business”=>“8”,
“legal_name”=>“”}, “commit”=>“Save”, “action”=>“save_business”,
“id”=>“9”, “controller”=>“business”}
Redirected to http://www.sh21.com/business/edit_business_2/9
Completed in 0.06194 (16 reqs/sec) | DB: 0.05713 (92%) | 302 Found
[http://www.sh21.com/business/save_business/9]

legal_name is blank, and zip is not numeric, but they both save
successfully…how weird!

Can anyone help me out?

2

Hi Sean,

controller:

=============

def save_business
@business = Business.find( params[:id] ) || Business.new
@business.attributes = params[:business]

begin
@business.save!
flash[:notice] = params[:id] ?
‘Business was successfully updated.’ :
‘Business was successfully created.’
redirect_to :action => :edit_business_2, :id => @business

rescue ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid => error
flash[:notice] = error.to_s
render :action => :edit_business_1, :id => @business

end

end

model:

========

should do without extra method…

validates_length_of :legal_name, :minimum => 1

unless do you have floating point zip…

validates_numericality_of :zip, :only_integer => true

Could not see any errors, but cleaned the code a little, hope this
helps…

Aren’t there any ActiveRecord messages?

Regards
Florian