I have a model called Test that accepts_nested_attributes_for SubTest. A Test basically has an id, and there are multiple SubTests associated with an individual Test.
I want to validate that an attribute of the SubTest is numeric. Here are my models so far.
class Test < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :sub_tests
accepts_nested_attributes_for :sub_tests
end
class SubTest < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :test
validates :measurement, :numericality => true, :allow_nil => true
end
Here is the Test controller
def create
respond_to do |format|
if @test.save
flash.now[:notice] = "Test Created"
format.html { redirect_to(@test) }
format.xml { render :xml => @test, :status => :created, :location => @test }
format.js
else
flash.now[:error] = "[Error] Test Not Created Because: #{@test.errors.full_messages.join(", ")}"
format.html { render :action => "new" }
format.xml { render :xml => @test.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
format.js
end
end
end
I want the create action in the controller to throw an error if the user enters a non-numeric string in the form for the sub_test.
Currently, if I enter non-numeric values for a sub_test.measurement, Rails doesn't create the Test or SubTest objects (desired behavior). But for some reason no error is thrown, and the Test controller triggers the create.js.erb partial.
I'm getting the impression that the validation for the numericality of sub_test.measurement should actually happen in the Test model, but I'm not sure how to write a custom validation method that tests for numericality.
Thanks in advance!