# ActiveRecord::StrictValidations

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`ActiveRecord::StrictValidations` adds validations to ActiveRecord models to make sure they do not trigger database errors.

## Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

```ruby
gem 'activerecord_strict_validations'
```

## Usage

```ruby
create_table "events" do |t|
  t.string   "name"
  t.string   "email", limit: 128
  t.text     "description"
  t.integer  "people_count"
end

class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
  validates_strict_columns
end

# String columns

event = Event.new(name: '.' * 400)
event.valid? # => false

event = Event.new(name: '.' * 255)
event.valid? # => true

event = Event.new(email: '.' * 200)
event.valid? # => false

event = Event.new(email: '.' * 100)
event.valid? # => true

# Text columns

event = Event.new(description: '.' * 70000)
event.valid? # => false

event = Event.new(description: '.' * 65535)
event.valid? # => true

# Integer columns

event = Event.new(people_count: 9999999999)
event.valid? # => false

event = Event.new(people_count: 2147483647)
event.valid? # => true
```

### Options

You can use a few options when calling `validates_strict_columns`:

```ruby
class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
  validates_strict_columns, only: [:name]
end

class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
  validates_strict_columns, except: [:people_count]
end
```

## Todo

* Support other database column types that raise an exception when given a wrong value.

## License

`ActiveRecord::StrictValidations` is © 2013-2014 [Mirego](http://www.mirego.com) and may be freely distributed under the [New BSD license](http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).  See the [`LICENSE.md`](https://github.com/mirego/activerecord_strict_validations/blob/master/LICENSE.md) file.

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