class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base validates_length_of :nick, :within => 5..15 validates_length_of :first_name,:last_name, :within => 3..20 validates_length_of :email, :within => 5..50 validates_format_of :email, :with => /\A([^@\s]+)@((?:[-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,})\Z/i validates_length_of :info, :maximum => 50 validate_on_create :check_unique_nick belongs_to :user def self.getPageForUser(user,page,sort_field,sort_dir) order = 'last_name asc' if sort_field if Contact.attribute_method?(sort_field) == true order = sort_field sort_dir == 'desc' ? order += ' desc' : sort_dir end end Contact.paginate :page => page , :per_page => $defaults["contacts_per_page"], :conditions=> ['user_id = ?', user.id],:order => order end def full_name first_name + ' ' + last_name end def check_unique_nick if !Contact.where('upper(nick) = ? and user_id = ?',nick.upcase,user_id).size.zero? errors.add(:nick, :not_unique) end end end