Validates_confirmation_of not working

is there any special requirement for validates_confirmation_of ? I am
trying to make sure 2 passwords are equal (cleanly the rails way)…

In my view i have two fields with id user[password] and
user[password_confirmation].

in the model i have

validates_confirmation_of :password, :message =>"Passwords do not match
"

Am i missing something here ?

thanks
adam

This is what I have and works good

in my view
<%= text_field “user”, “password”%>
<%= text_field “user”, “password_confirmation”%>

and in my model
validates_confirmation_of :password

and in controller

def register
if request.method == :post
@user = User.new(params[:user])
if @user.save
session[:user] = @user
redirect_to :controller => “mynerve”
end
else
@user = User.new
end
end

So what exactly does not work?

Regards
Gokhan A.
www.sylow.net

if i put in 2 different passwords it just continues without an error.
I cant figure out why.

adam

In your model, add this:

validates_confirmation_of :password (assuming your column is named
password)

In your view.rhtml: (assuming your model is named user)

<%= password_field ‘user’, ‘password’ %>
<%= password_field ‘user’, ‘password_confirmation’ %>

If you have it like this, then something else is funky.

Bob S.
http://www.railtie.net/

I’m having the same problem

Adam D. wrote:

if i put in 2 different passwords it just continues without an error.
I cant figure out why.

adam

Sorry, that first sentence should read

“Well, I’m hashing and storing the password in the
hashed_password column just like the Depot application in the Agile
book.”

Well, I’m storing hashing and storing the password in the
hashed_password column just like the Depot application in the Agile
book. And since validates_confirmation_of is only checking :password
against :password_confirmation, this should be strictly a naming
problem, right?

Bob S. wrote:

In your model, add this:

validates_confirmation_of :password (assuming your column is named
password)

In your view.rhtml: (assuming your model is named user)

<%= password_field ‘user’, ‘password’ %>
<%= password_field ‘user’, ‘password_confirmation’ %>

If you have it like this, then something else is funky.

Bob S.
http://www.railtie.net/

the issue i had was not following the rails standard in the views.
Once i changed everything to the

<%= text_field ‘user’ , ‘password’ %> setup so everything got passed
in as @params[:user] it worked ok. The issue was i was just
submitting it as @params[:password] originally and not
@params[:user][“password”]

adam

Does your model have ‘password’ as an attribute since its not in the
table?

attr :password

And don’t forget to protect your attributes.

attr_protected :hashed_password

Bob S.
http://www.railtie.net/