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Rails fun with a not null constraint and a default value.
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20130306225243_create_customers.rb
class CreateCustomers < ActiveRecord::Migration
def change
create_table :customers do |t|
t.string :name, :null => false
t.boolean :subscribed, :null => false, :default => true
t.timestamps
end
end
end
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bash
curl --data "customer[name]=shanon" http://localhost:3000/customers.json => 200
curl --data "customer[name]=shanon&customer[subscribed]=0" http://localhost:3000/customers.json => 200
curl --data "customer[name]=shanon&customer[subscribed]=" http://localhost:3000/customers.json => 500
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console
Customer.create!(:name => "shanon") => #<Customer id: 1 ... >
Customer.create!(:name => "shanon", :subscribed => nil) => ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid
Customer.create!(:name => "shanon", :subscribed => "") => ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid
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customer.rb
class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :name, :subscribed
end
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customer_controller.rb
class CustomersController < ApplicationController
respond_to :json
def create
respond_with Customer.create(params[:customer])
end
end
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keithpitt commented Mar 7, 2013

Shouldn't rails be calling to_bool when you model.this_attribute_is_a_boolean = ""?

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