    # File lib/active_record/validations.rb, line 830
          def validates_numericality_of(*attr_names)
            configuration = { :on => :save, :only_integer => false, :allow_nil => false }
            configuration.update(attr_names.extract_options!)

            numericality_options = ALL_NUMERICALITY_CHECKS.keys & configuration.keys

            (numericality_options - [ :odd, :even ]).each do |option|
              raise ArgumentError, ":#{option} must be a number" unless configuration[option].is_a?(Numeric)
            end

            validates_each(attr_names,configuration) do |record, attr_name, value|
              raw_value = record.send("#{attr_name}_before_type_cast") || value

              next if configuration[:allow_nil] and raw_value.nil?

              if configuration[:only_integer]
                unless raw_value.to_s =~ /\A[+-]?\d+\Z/
                  record.errors.add(attr_name, configuration[:message] || ActiveRecord::Errors.default_error_messages[:not_a_number])
                  next
                end
                raw_value = raw_value.to_i
              else
               begin
                  raw_value = Kernel.Float(raw_value.to_s)
                rescue ArgumentError, TypeError
                  record.errors.add(attr_name, configuration[:message] || ActiveRecord::Errors.default_error_messages[:not_a_number])
                  next
                end
              end

              numericality_options.each do |option|
                case option
                  when :odd, :even
                    record.errors.add(attr_name, configuration[:message] || ActiveRecord::Errors.default_error_messages[option]) unless raw_value.to_i.method(ALL_NUMERICALITY_CHECKS[option])[]
                  else
                    message = configuration[:message] || ActiveRecord::Errors.default_error_messages[option]
                    message = message % configuration[option] if configuration[option]
                    record.errors.add(attr_name, message) unless raw_value.method(ALL_NUMERICALITY_CHECKS[option])[configuration[option]]
                end
              end
            end
          end