rails deletes first 0 from zip code input in form

Question

I have a form. One of the fields is zip code. If I fill out the form, here are the params:

 Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"fasdafdsafdsdsa/MKI/RGfds3=", 
              "profile"=>{"title"=>"profile title", "zip_code"=>"02155"}}

As you can see, the zip code is still in tact.

I have a custom zip code validation:

VALID_ZIP_CODE_REGEX= /\A[0-9]{5}(-[0-9]{4})?\z/ #Does not work for +4
validates :zip_code, format: { :with => VALID_ZIP_CODE_REGEX }, 
   allow_blank: true, unless: 'dont_do_this?'

Here is the beginning of the method dont_do_this?

def dont_do_this
     puts 'self: ' + self.inspect.to_s
end

and here is the output:

self: #<Profile id: 7, created_at: "2014-05-06 16:50:14", updated_at: "2014-08-21 17:43:35",
         zip_code: 2155>

For some reason, the first zero of the zip code is stripped off. I can't figure out why. Does anyone know?

what is the data type of your zip_code in database? If it's integer then you should use string as for integer 0123 is equal to 123 — Mandeep, Aug 21 '14 at 18:17

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 21 '14 at 18:31

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It looks like you are saving ZIP codes as integers in the database. They should be stored as strings (or from the database's point of view, VARCHARS).

answered Aug 21 '14 at 18:31

Saul

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