Checking if the post's title is unique else return error - using friendly_id

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So I have been trying to firstly check if the post's title is unique before posting it. In the model I added this line but it does not do what I expected:

validates_presence_of :title, uniqueness: true

Of course, I can check before making the post (in the controller) and if a post with this title exist to return an error message but is this the proper way to do it? I thought that there might be a validation for that.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 23 '14 at 12:51

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It should be

validates :title, uniqueness: true

or

validates_uniqueness_of :title

answered May 23 '14 at 12:51

Santhosh

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still the same. I get an article posted with title: testing and the second one: testing-f6daaf20-5cc4-41f6-9384-cf0410ced9a4 – May 23 '14 at 12:56

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 23 '14 at 12:52

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It should look like this

validates :title, presence: true, uniqueness: true

answered May 23 '14 at 12:52

Rajdeep Singh

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still the same. I get an article posted with title: testing and the second one: testing-f6daaf20-5cc4-41f6-9384-cf0410ced9a4 – May 23 '14 at 12:55
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I got your problem, are you using friendly_id slug on this column? – Rajdeep Singh May 23 '14 at 12:57

Checking if the post's title is unique else return error - using friendly_id

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