Try Event.stub!(:find).and_raise(RecordNotFound)
On 2/13/08, Brad Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to spec a dead simple "show non-existent record should render > 404" case, but it seems the RecordNotFound exception is making it > impossible for some reason. > > #controller > def show > @event = Event.find(params[:id]) > end > > #spec - pretty much straight from the rspec site > before do > Event.stub!(:find) > get :show, :id => 'broken' > end > > # passes > it "should not assign an event" do > assigns[:event].should == nil > end > > # fails - expected 404 but got events/show > it "should render 404" do > response.should render_template("#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/404.html") > response.response_code.should == 404 > end > #end spec > > Because I'm stubbing find does that mean the RecordNotFound exception > doesn't happen and thus the 404 doesn't render? I tried stubbing and > using should_raise, and_raise, whatever the heck it is, but I just don't > get it, nothing seems to work. It behaves as expected when browser > tested! :O > > I'm going to spontaneously combust! > > [RSpec 1.1.2, Rails 2.0.2, ZenTest 3.8.0] > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users