From 074782eda2caddb054d20a99e8d167ef8e1eecd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xavier Noria Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:01:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] copy-edits d773ef8 --- .../guides/source/active_record_validations_callbacks.textile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/railties/guides/source/active_record_validations_callbacks.textile b/railties/guides/source/active_record_validations_callbacks.textile index 59db20c926..9ddbe6fadc 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/active_record_validations_callbacks.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/active_record_validations_callbacks.textile @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ end h4(#validations_overview-errors). +errors[]+ -To verify whether or not a particular attribute of an object is valid, you can use +errors[:attribute]+. It returns an array of all the errors for +:attribue+. If there are no errors on the specified attribute, an empty array is returned. +To verify whether or not a particular attribute of an object is valid, you can use +errors[:attribute]+. It returns an array of all the errors for +:attribute+. If there are no errors on the specified attribute, an empty array is returned. This method is only useful _after_ validations have been run, because it only inspects the errors collection and does not trigger validations itself. It's different from the +ActiveRecord::Base#invalid?+ method explained above because it doesn't verify the validity of the object as a whole. It only checks to see whether there are errors found on an individual attribute of the object.