Rails 3, Unknown validator: 'EmailValidator'

Question

I try to add an email-validator in my rails app. I created the following file /lib/validators/email_validator.rb

class EmailValidator < Activ         


        

Answer 1

If you place your custom validators in app/validators they will be automatically loaded without needing to alter your config/application.rb file.

Resource: Where should Rails 3 custom validators be stored? (second answer)

Answer 2

Try the modified User model;

class User < ActiveRecord::Base

  attr_accessible :email, :password,:name

  validates :email, :presence => true, :uniqueness => true

end

Answer 3

This error occures, because rails loads model file before your validation file

Try to require your validation file manually at the start of your model file

require_dependency 'validators/email_validator.rb'