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Better validation blocks and errors
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Description
Today the coder terraform provider only allows 1 `validation` block. There is value if we allow more than one, as it allow tailoring the error message based on the condition.
```
data "coder_parameter" "favorite_number" {
name = "favorite_number"
display_name = "What is your favorite Number?"
description = "Please enter your favorite number."
validation {
min = 0
error = "The number {value} is less than 0, please select something greater."
}
validation {
max = 100
error = "The number {value} is greater than 100, please select something less."
}
}
```
This is exceptionally useful when `invalid` is added as an argument.
```
data "coder_parameter" "favorite_number" {
name = "favorite_number"
display_name = "What is your favorite Number?"
description = "Please enter your favorite number."
validation {
min = 0
error = "The number {value} is less than 0, please select something greater."
}
validation {
max = 100
error = "The number {value} is greater than 100, please select something less."
}
validation {
error = "That number is superstitious, avoid choosing 13"
invalid = data.coder_parameter.favorite_number.value == 13
}
```
**!However!** this is invalid because you get this error:
```
│ Error: Self-referential block
│
│ on main.tf line 21, in data "coder_parameter" "favorite_number":
│ 21: invalid = data.coder_parameter.favorite_number.value == 13
```
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