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Validating Data with ActiveRecord
CodeExpectedActual
require 'cookbook_dbconnect'
activerecord_connect
class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
  @@profanity = %w{trot krip}
  @@no_profanity_re = Regexp.new('^(?!.*(' + @@profanity.join('|') + '))')
  validates_presence_of %w{author}
  validates_length_of :content, :in => 1..200
  validates_format_of :content, :with => @@no_profanity_re, 
                      :message => 'contains profanity'
end
comment = Comment.create
comment.errors.on 'author'
 "can't be blank" "can't be blank" 
comment.errors['content']
"is too short (minimum is 1 characters)" "is too short (minimum is 1 characters)" 
comment.save
 false false 
comment = Comment.create(:content => 'x' * 1000)
comment.errors['content']
"is too long (maximum is 200 characters)" "is too long (maximum is 200 characters)" 
comment = Comment.create(:author => 'Alice', 
  :content => "About what I'd expect from a trotting krip such as yourself!")
comment.errors.count
 1 1 
comment.errors.each_full { |msg| puts msg }      
Content contains profanity
 
Content contains profanity
 
comment = Comment.create(:author => 'Alice', :content => 'I disagree!')
comment.save
 true true 
require 'cookbook_dbconnect'
activerecord_connect
class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
  @@profanity = %w{trot krip}
  @@no_profanity_re = Regexp.new('^(?!.*(' + @@profanity.join('|') + '))')
  validates_presence_of %w{author}, :message => 'Please enter your name.'
  validates_length_of :content, :in => 1..200,
               :too_short => 'Please enter a comment.',
                      :too_long => 'Comments are limited to 200 characters.'
  validates_format_of :content, :with => @@no_profanity_re, 
                      :message => 'Try to express yourself without profanity.'
end
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