Cause of error: class Message < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :recipient #, :class_name => User.name -- it then by convention expects there to be a model class called Recipient.
should instead be class Message < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :recipient, :class_name => User.name But then the User class must be a subclass of ActiveRecord, or have a name method that returns "User" or even more simple: class Message < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :recipient, :class_name => "User" _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users