Validations

[wvengen]

Using date_time_attribute with a form with a date and time text field, I find that entering an invalid value (e.g. "foo" as the time) either throws an exception (default parser) or is silently ignored (Chronic parser).

Looking at the container source code, I see that the fields are directly passed through the parser, so the original value is not even present in the model. How could validations be done?

[einzige]

@wvengen that's a good point. Will figure out tomorrow how to fix that. As a quick workaround you can quickly fix that by using virtual attribute in your model.

class MyModel < Ar::Base
   attr_accessor :starts_date_value, :starts_time_value

   validate_presense_of :starts_date_value

   def starts_date_value=(val)
     @starts_date_value = val
     self.starts_date = val # if using Chronic
   end
end

[wvengen]

Thanks! Looking forward to see if this could become part of the gem.

[wvengen]

I've found a workaround for now - by including DateTimeAttributeValidate which extends DateTimeAttribute.