lib/fanforce/validations/validations.rb in fanforce-validations-0.3.3 vs lib/fanforce/validations/validations.rb in fanforce-validations-0.4.0

@@ -71,17 +71,17 @@
     errors = invalid_fields.inject([]) {|result, f| result << format_validation_error(opts, f, :invalid_data) }
     raise_validation_errors(opts, errors, Fanforce::Error::RequestFailed)
   end
 
   def validates_format_of_external_id(*args)
+    _external_id = args.first
     opts = extract_options!(args).merge(:field => :_external_id)
     params = extract_validation_params(opts)
-    _external_id = args.first
 
     if is_present?(_external_id) and !_external_id.is_a?(String)
-      opts[:message] = "id must be a string but was a #{_external_id.class.name}"
+      opts[:message] = "if included, _external_id must be a string not a #{_external_id.class.name}"
     elsif !_external_id.nil? and _external_id.include?('/')
-      opts[:message] = 'id cannot contain forward slashes (/)'
+      opts[:message] = '_external_id cannot contain forward slashes (/)'
     else
       return true
     end
 
     error = format_validation_error(opts, :_external_id, :invalid_data)
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