Model validates when needed field is not available in $data array!

Hi everybody

I'm doing some unit testing right now, and I stumbled over the
following...

I have a model Contract, which has the following validation rule:

class Contract extends AppModel {
var $name = 'Contract';
var $validate = array(
'number' => array('rule' => '/^[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{3}$/i',
'message' => 'must correspond to the pattern "123-45-678"'),
);
}

My test looks the following:

// 1st
$this->Contract->set(array(
'id' => 1,
'number' => '735-10-001',
));
$this->assertTrue($this->Contract->validates()); // Passes

// 2nd
$this->Contract->set(array(
'id' => 1,
/*'number' => '735-10-001',*/
));
$this->assertTrue($this->Contract->validates()); // Passes

// 3rd
$this->Contract->set(array(
'id' => 1,
'number' => '',
));
$this->assertTrue($this->Contract->validates()); // Fails

This seems quite odd to me! Why should the 2nd test pass and the 3rd
not? IMHO both the 2nd and the 3rd should fail...?

What do you think? Thanks,
Josh

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