Rails validates_uniqueness_of across multiple columns with case insensitivity

Question

I have a model that has two fields, which I will call first_name and last_name, and I want to make sure that the combination of the two are case-insensitively unique. I\'ve gott

Answer 1

Did you try validates_uniqueness_of :first_name, :scope => :last_name, :case_sensitive => false?

The documentation says it's true by default.

(I think the link you gave is to some outdated documentation. IIRC, the default for this did change in the last couple of years.)