How to implement min/max validator in Rails 3?
What is the rails way of implementing a min max validator in Rails 3 ?
I have a model, with min_age and max_age attributes.
Age can be in the range of 0..100, but I want also to validate crossing values, I mean that max is greather than or equal to min
{:min_age => 0, :max_age => 0} => true
{:min_age => 0, :max_age => 1} => true
{:min_age => 1, :max_age => 0} => false # max < min
{:min_age => 1, :max_age => 101} => false # out of 0..100 range
Check out the ActiveModel::Validations::NumericalityValidator: RailsAPI NumericalityValidator
spec:
it {
subject.max_age = 10
subject.min_age = 20
subject.should be_invalid
subject.errors[:min_age].should include("must be less than or equal to #{subject.max_age}")
}
code:
validates :min_age, numericality: { greater_than: 0, less_than_or_equal_to: :max_age }
validates :max_age, numericality: { less_than_or_equal_to: 100 }
I don't know if you want to validate presence or not, but you would just add that as another key to your validations, e.g.
validates :max_age, numericality: { less_than_or_equal_to: 100 }, presence: true
You can also use inclusion...in, as in:
validates :height, inclusion: { in: 1..3000, message: 'The height must be between 1 and 3000' }