Re: Validation problems

Hmmm... My earlier reply appears to have got lost.

Thanks for the advice. I worked it out. It was because the
relationship was a hasMany & I'd forgot to add the .0. into the field
name.

T

On Dec 2, 8:43 am, AD7six <andydawso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:05:57 UTC+1, Toby G wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
>
> > Version: 1.3.12
>
> > I seem to be having a problem with the 'numeric' validation rule on an
> > associated Model's fields.  For some reason it is not validating '10'
> > as a valid numeric value.
>
> > Here are the validation rules for the (PhysicalTicket) no_of_tickets
> > field in question...
>
> > 'no_of_tickets' => array(
> > 'numeric' => array(
> > 'rule' => array('numeric'),
> > 'message' => 'Please provide the number of tickets you require',
> > 'allowEmpty' => false,
> > //'required' => false,
> > //'last' => false, // Stop validation after this rule
> > //'on' => 'create', // Limit validation to 'create' or 'update'
> > operations
> > ),
> > 'between' => array(
> > 'rule' => array('between', 1, 9),
>
> the between rule is checking number of characters, not numeric value
>
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> > 'message' => 'Please provide the number of tickets you require
> > (between 1 & 9 can be booked at a time)',
> > 'allowEmpty' => false,
> > //'required' => false,
> > //'last' => false, // Stop validation after this rule
> > //'on' => 'create', // Limit validation to 'create' or 'update'
> > operations
> > ),
> > ),
>
> > And here is the data being validated (using saveAll)...
>
> > Array
> > (
> >     [Booking] => Array
> >         (
> >             [event_id] => 17
> >             [booking_type] => is_physical_tickets
> >             [post_to_wall] => 1
> >         )
>
> >     [PhysicalTicket] => Array
> >         (
> >             [name] => Toby Griffiths
> >             [phone_no] =>
> >             [no_of_tickets] => 10
> >         )
>
> >     [submit] => Request tickets
> >     [add_more_text] => SOMETHING RANDOM
> > )
>
> > The validation error show is "Please provide the number of tickets you
> > require" rather than the expected "'Please provide the number of
> > tickets you require (between 1 & 9 can be booked at a time)"
>
> There's probably something else at play here, like e.g. the value of
> no_of_tickets not actually being in the data that's being validated and
> therefore !notEmpty - I'd suggest sticking debug($something) in cake
> somewhere. e.g. in function numeric, in Validation, or in Model's validate
> logic.
>
> AD
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