method

error_message_on

Importance_3
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error_message_on(object, method, prepend_text = "", append_text = "", css_class = "formError") public

Returns a string containing the error message attached to the method on the object if one exists. This error message is wrapped in a DIV tag, which can be extended to include a prepend_text and/or append_text (to properly explain the error), and a css_class to style it accordingly. object should either be the name of an instance variable or the actual object. As an example, let's say you have a model post that has an error message on the title attribute: 

  <%= error_message_on "post", "title" %> =>
    <div class="formError">can't be empty</div>

  <%= error_message_on @post, "title" %> =>
    <div class="formError">can't be empty</div>

  <%= error_message_on "post", "title", "Title simply ", " (or it won't work).", "inputError" %> =>
    <div class="inputError">Title simply can't be empty (or it won't work).</div>
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August 12, 2008
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Overriding the default div class="fieldWithErrors"

By default fields that are invalid are wrapped in:

<div class="fieldWithErrors">
  <input type="text" name="blah">
</div>

To override and wrap in spans instead of divs place the following in your environment.rb:

ActionView::Base.field_error_proc = Proc.new { |html_tag, instance| "<span class=\"fieldWithErrors\">#{html_tag}</span>" }

or to not use wrapping at all:

ActionView::Base.field_error_proc = Proc.new { |html_tag, instance| "#{html_tag}" }