Validation errors and rules issue

[eluser]Wonder Woman[/eluser]
Hi,

I've recently gotten in to CodeIgniter and I've set up a small form which I need to validate and then pre-populate the form fields with the submitted data.

When the form is submitted the error messages appear and the fields which had data are pre-populated, however the error messages which appear are missing the field names.

At the moment they appear like this:

Code:

The field is required.

And they should appear like this:

Code:

The title field is required.

When I remove the set fields code, exampled:

Code:

$fields['postcode'] = $this->input->post('postcode');

It works fine but it seems this code is overriding the rules, example:

Code:

$rules['postcode'] = "required";

If you could advise me on how to correct this I would be very grateful.

Many thanks.