Rails: Getting rid of generic "X is invalid" validation errors
- by DJTripleThreat
I have a sign-up form that has nested associations/attributes whatever you want to call them.
My Hierarchy is this:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_authentic
belongs_to :user_role, :polymorphic => true
end
class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
has_one :user, :as => :user_role, :dependent => :destroy
accepts_nested_attributes_for :user, :allow_destroy => true
validates_associated :user
end
class Employee < ActiveRecord::Base
has_one :user, :as => :user_role, :dependent => :destroy
accepts_nested_attributes_for :user, :allow_destroy => true
validates_associated :user
end
I have some validation stuff in these classes as well. My problem is that if I try to create and Customer (or Employee etc) with a blank form I get all of the validation errors I should get plus some Generic ones like "User is invalid" and "Customer is invalid" If I iterate through the errors I get something like:
user.login can't be blank
User is invalid
customer.whatever is blah blah blah...etc
customer.some_other_error etc etc
Since there is at least one invalid field in the nested User model, an extra "X is invalid" message is added to the list of errors. This gets confusing to my client and so I'm wondering if there is a quick way to do this instead of having to filer through the errors myself.
