class Article < ActiveRecord::Base validates_presence_of :title validates_length_of :description, :minimum => 10 # With your own message with L10n. # old style(Backward compatibility). # blog.po in RAILS_ROOT/po/*/ is used. # validates_presence_of :title, :message => N_("can't be empty") # validates_length_of :description, :minimum => 10, :message => N_("is too short (min is %d characters)") # new style (you can use %{fn} and %d freely in the message) # blog.po in RAILS_ROOT/po/*/ is used. # validates_presence_of :title, :message => N_("%{fn} can't be empty!") # validates_length_of :description, :minimum => 10, :message => N_("%{fn} is too short (min is %d characters)") # end