Question

Example:

• account_controller: do not validate a password
• password_controller: validate a password

my idea is…

class User
  include Mongoid::Document
...
  validates :username,
    :presence => true
  validates :password,
    :presence => { :if => :passord? }
...
  def password?
    # self.controller.to_s == 'password'
  end
end

First of all, my idea is wrong?

Anyone have another good idea?

Answer 1

You can add virtual attribute to your model and conditional validation:

class User
  attr_accessor :skip_password_validation

  validates :password, :unless => :skip_password_validation

end

And put something like this into controller:

user.skip_password_validation = true