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StripAttributes

StripAttributes is a Rails plugin that automatically strips all ActiveRecord model attributes of leading and trailing whitespace before validation. If the attribute is blank, it strips the value to nil.

It works by adding a before_validation hook to the record. By default, all attributes are stripped of whitespace, but :only and :except options can be used to limit which attributes are stripped. Both options accept a single attribute (:only => :field) or arrays of attributes (:except => [:field1, :field2, :field3]).

Examples

  class DrunkPokerPlayer < ActiveRecord::Base
    strip_attributes!
  end

  class SoberPokerPlayer < ActiveRecord::Base
    strip_attributes! :except => :boxers
  end

  class ConservativePokerPlayer < ActiveRecord::Base
    strip_attributes! :only => [:shoe, :sock, :glove]
  end

Owner: Ryan McGeary

Home: http://stripattributes.rubyforge.org/

Repository: git://github.com/rmm5t/strip_attributes.git

License: Rails' (MIT)

Category: Model