Rails 3: Handle ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique Exception

Question

How can I handle ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique exception in the controller? Thanks

Edit: I\'m getting that exception when generating an

Answer 1

begin
  # do stuff
rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique
  # handle the exception however you want to
end

http://ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/tut_exceptions.html

You could also use rescue_from if it's something you need to deal with often.