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tiswas
tiswas

Reputation: 2101

ruby validation error message needs changing

I have a model called 'dropbox', that extends 'programme'. Programme has the following validation:

validates_presence_of :network_id, :name

and so when you try to create a dropbox, leaving these out, you (unsurprisingly) get the following vaidation message:

* Network can't be blank
* Name can't be blank

Problem is, in the context of 'dropbox', we call 'network' 'category'. How can I change the network can't be blank error message to category can't be blank

---edit---

I've tried:

activerecord:
  attributes:
    dropbox:
      network_id: Category

but this has no affect. However, this works:

activerecord:
  attributes:
    programme:
      network_id: Category

but will change network's name everywhere (where as I just need it to be changed for dropbox). I believe this is because network_id is a property on programme and dropbox just extends this, but there must be a way round!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 360

Answers (1)

mikewilliamson
mikewilliamson

Reputation: 24803

You could use the locales for that:

activerecord:
  attributes:
    dropbox:
      network: Category

Stick that in config/locales/en.yml to change the displayed names of the attributes. The create some error messages:

errors:
  messages:
    dropbox:
      cant_be_blank: Oops!

Then you add a message option to the model:

validates_presence_of :network_id, :name, :message => I18n.t('activerecord.errors.messages.dropbox.cant_be_blank')

Lots more info can be found here.

Upvotes: 2

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