Validation of relation attributes?

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Is it necessary to validate relational attributes of AR class?

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… ping… anyone? :)

I will apply an example: I have two AR classes: "Contact" and "ContactType". One contact have only one type and every type can be assigned with many contacts. I validate "ContactType's" name property in the "ContactType" class.

Do I need to validate it in the "Contact" class?

Do I need to apply manually "exists" validation rule, or AR will check by itself?

Thanks in advance!

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Yes, you need to use 'exists' validation rule to ensure FK is correct. AR doesn't do magic things here.