Re: Check Unique in a model

I'm using RC3 revision 7896.

On Dec 1, 4:56 pm, Milmar <milmarq...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's my code:
> In class AppModel:
>
> class AppModel extends Model{
>         function checkUnique($data, $fieldName) {
>                 $valid = false;
>                 if(isset($fieldName) && $this->hasField($fieldName))
>                 {
>                         $valid = $this->isUnique(array($fieldName => $data));
>                 }
>                 return $valid;
>         }
>
> }
>
> Then for example in the User model:
>
> class User extends AppModel {
> var $validate = array(
> array('rule'=>array('checkUnique', 'username'), 'message' => 'Username
> taken. Please use another one.' )
> );
>
> }
>
> It gives the correct behavior for me (check uniqueness when adding,
> don't check uniqueness when editing unless the username was changed to
> another existing username during edit).
>
> On Dec 1, 3:30 pm, AngeloZanetti <angelo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have got a similiar problem that the validation works for adding must it
> > mustn't validate when editing the record as its going to have the same name
> > in DB as the form when editing.
>
> > how can we disable this for the edit function? or must it be done in the
> > controller?
>
> > jonknee wrote:
>
> > >> In fact, it seems that this built-in rule doesn't work!
> > >> Why is this not yet fixed? We allways need to check unicity of a field
> > >> in all of our applications...
>
> > > What's not working for you? It seems to be working for me. I had a
> > > custom method until I was told about isUnique working through
> > > validation and after updating my code it seemed to keep working.
>
> > --
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