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Vyper
Vyper

Reputation: 573

Sails model validation only when updating and not while creating

While using sails validation I need some fields only to get validated while updating and not during creation. The scenario is that when the user is getting creating the i am just taking username and password and later I ask for all the remaining data for the user and I need to apply some validation rules only during updation and not creation.

I know I can do some manual validation using lifecycle callback beforeUpdate but then I wont be using sails validation which I think is not the proper way.

How can tell the model that these rules need to be applied only during updation?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 219

Answers (2)

Zuker
Zuker

Reputation: 1083

You may split DB entity into two separate entities and use two models. First model will require username and password and second model will require other fields.

Upvotes: 0

Meeker
Meeker

Reputation: 5979

what rules specifically? One thing you can do is give the rules a true/false check to see if the record has as an Id. If it does, then its an update, if it does not, then its a create. 

favorite_color : {
    required : function(){
       return 'id' in this // ID should be your primary key field. 
    }
}

I will say it would be nice if you could specify when validations occur, but currently you can not.

Upvotes: 1

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