A have two models, "shop" and "product", linked via has_many :through.
In the shop form there are nested attributes for multiple products, and I'm having a little trouble with the product's uniqueness validation. If I enter a product, save it, then try to enter the same name for a new product, the uniqueness validation triggers successfully.
However, if I enter the same product name in 2 rows of the same nested form, the form is accepted - the uniqueness validation doesn't trigger.
I'm guessing this is a fairly common problem, but I can't find any simple solution. Anyone have any suggestions on the easiest way to ensure uniqueness validations are obeyed within the same nested form?
Edit: Product model included below
class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :shop_products
has_many :shops, :through => :shop_products
validates_presence_of :name
validates_uniqueness_of :name
end
You could write a custom validator like
# app/validators/products_name_uniqueness_validator.rb
class ProductsNameUniquenessValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
def validate_each(record, attribute, value)
record.errors[attribute] << "Products names must be unique" unless value.map(&:name).uniq.size == value.size
end
end
# app/models/shop.rb
class Shop < ActiveRecord::Base
validates :products, :products_name_uniqueness => true
end