ArgumentError: Unknown validator: 'BicValidator'

[Kosmas]

Trying to use the gem in a model with a BIC field called encrypted_BIC results in :

ArgumentError: Unknown validator: 'BicValidator'

after installing the gem and following the installations instructions.

the model has the following:

class ModelName < ActiveRecord::Base
...
validates :encrypted_BIC, bic: true
...
end

and when trying in the console to do:

ModelName.new

then get the above error.

[svoop]

Same here on Rails 3.2

[svoop]

ActiveModel::Validations::BicValidator = BicValidation::BicValidator may help.

[svoop]

The problem is the order in which the gems are loaded (remember, a Rails 3 app). The gem hstore_flags line must come after bic_validation in order to prevent this problem.

I won't dig more into the code since it's a rare situation which most likely won't occur with a Rails 4 app (hstore baked in) and the Rails 4 version of hstore_flags.