Rails model validation on create and update only

Question

If I want to have validation only on create, then I can do

validates_presence_of :password, :on => :create 

But how do I say on create and update? I tried this but it didn't work:

validates_presence_of :password, :on => [ :create, :update ] 

Do I have to define the validation two times?

Answer 1

By default, the validations run for both create and update. So it should be just:

validates_presence_of :password 

The :on key just allows you to choose one of them.

Answer 2

Only write:

validates_presence_of :password 

No need...

on => :create