Method: Devise::Models::Authenticatable::ClassMethods#find_or_initialize_with_error_by

Defined in:
lib/devise/models/authenticatable.rb

#find_or_initialize_with_error_by(attribute, value, error = :invalid) ⇒ Object

Find an initialize a record setting an error if it can’t be found.



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# File 'lib/devise/models/authenticatable.rb', line 97

def find_or_initialize_with_error_by(attribute, value, error=:invalid) #:nodoc:
  if value.present?
    conditions = { attribute => value }
    record = find(:first, :conditions => conditions)
  end

  unless record
    record = new
    if value.present?
      record.send(:"#{attribute}=", value)
    else
      error = :blank
    end
    record.errors.add(attribute, error)
  end

  record
end