# File lib/dm-validations/numeric_validator.rb, line 16
      def call(target)
        value = target.send(field_name)
        return true if @options[:allow_nil] && value.nil?

        value = value.kind_of?(BigDecimal) ? value.to_s('F') : value.to_s

        error_message = @options[:message]
        precision     = @options[:precision]
        scale         = @options[:scale]

        if @options[:integer_only]
          return true if value =~ /\A[+-]?\d+\z/
          error_message ||= ValidationErrors.default_error_message(:not_an_integer, field_name)
        else
          # FIXME: if precision and scale are not specified, can we assume that it is an integer?
          #        probably not, as floating point numbers don't have hard
          #        defined scale. the scale floats with the length of the
          #        integral and precision. Ie. if precision = 10 and integral
          #        portion of the number is 9834 (4 digits), the max scale will
          #        be 6 (10 - 4). But if the integral length is 1, max scale
          #        will be (10 - 1) = 9, so 1.234567890.
          #        In MySQL somehow you can hard-define scale on floats. Not
          #        quite sure how that works...
          if precision && scale
            #handles both Float when it has scale specified and BigDecimal
            if precision > scale && scale > 0
              return true if value =~ /\A[+-]?(?:\d{1,#{precision - scale}}|\d{0,#{precision - scale}}\.\d{1,#{scale}})\z/
            elsif precision > scale && scale == 0
              return true if value =~ /\A[+-]?(?:\d{1,#{precision}}(?:\.0)?)\z/
            elsif precision == scale
              return true if value =~ /\A[+-]?(?:0(?:\.\d{1,#{scale}})?)\z/
            else
              raise ArgumentError, "Invalid precision #{precision.inspect} and scale #{scale.inspect} for #{field_name} (value: #{value.inspect} #{value.class})"
            end
          elsif precision && scale.nil?
            # for floats, if scale is not set

            #total number of digits is less or equal precision
            return true if value.gsub(/[^\d]/, '').length <= precision

            #number of digits before decimal == precision, and the number is x.0. same as scale = 0
            return true if value =~ /\A[+-]?(?:\d{1,#{precision}}(?:\.0)?)\z/
          else
            return true if value =~ /\A[+-]?(?:\d+|\d*\.\d+)\z/
          end
          error_message ||= ValidationErrors.default_error_message(:not_a_number, field_name)
        end

        add_error(target, error_message, field_name)

        # TODO: check the gt, gte, lt, lte, and eq options

        return false
      end