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Jonathan Martínez
13,375 PointsProfile Name always raising error!!!
I've done all the steps, but no matter what I do; even if the profile name doesn't contain any space, it will raise an error saying profile name must be formatted correctly.
This is my code:
user_test.rb
test "a user should have a profile name without spaces" do
user = User.new
user.profile_name = "Profile name with spaces"
assert !user.save
assert !user.errors[:profile_name].empty?
assert user.errors[:profile_name].include?("must be formatted correctly")
end
user.rb (model)
validates :profile_name, presence: true, uniqueness: true,
format: { with: /a-zA-Z0-9_-/, message: 'must be formatted correctly' }
It raises an error if the profile name has spaces on it, but even if it doesn´t it still raises an error!
2 Answers
Aimee Ault
29,193 PointsI think the problem might be with your validation. The regex you are currently using would only match the string a-zA-Z0-9_-.
Try this:
validates :profile_name, presence: true, uniqueness: true,
format: { with: /\A[a-zA-Z\-\_]+\Z/, message: 'must be formatted correctly' }
Here's a really cool tool if you ever need to see if a regex pattern matches a string.
Jonathan Martínez
13,375 PointsThanks for your awesome tip :) I'm not that good with regex hahahaaha.