From: Alex LeDonne <aledonne.listmail@...>
Date: 2007-12-01T06:40:09+09:00
Subject: Re: ??Conditional validation skipping??

On Nov 30, 2007 4:15 PM, Joe Peck <joe@notsleepy.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I have validation that I need to be able to bypass depending on a cookie
> that the user might have.
>
> My problem is for most users, they have to have a .edu or .com email
> address.  So I wrote that into the validation.
>
> But if a certain cookie is set, I want to allow them to register with
> any email address, and still run the other validations (uniqueness of
> email, etc.)
>
> Does anyone have any information on how to do this?
>
> USER MODEL
> validates_presence_of :first_name, :last_name, :email, :password
>   validates_uniqueness_of :email
>   validates_format_of :email,
>                       :with => %r{\.(edu|com)$}i,
>                       :message => "Must be a valid email address"


Maybe use a filter in the controller that does registration. Try the
rails list for more help:
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk
or
http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/3
on ruby-forum.

-A