Ruby 1.9.2, Rails 3.0.3, Rspec-rails 2.2.0 I have:
Factory.define :season_date do |f| f.season_date Date.new(2011,9,24) f.date_type "season_start" end RSpec.configure do |config| config.mock_with :rspec end Factory.define :season_date do |f| f.season_date Date.new(2011,9,24) f.date_type "season_start" end Factory.define :season_date do |f| f.season_date Date.new(2011,9,24) f.date_type "season_start" end require 'spec_helper' describe SeasonDate do before(:each) do @start_date_record = Factory.create(:season_date) @no_play_date_record = Factory.create(:season_date, season_date: Date.today, date_type: "no_play") end it "responds to the find_start_record method call" do SeasonDate.should respond_to(:find_start_record) end it "returns the record with the season start date" do SeasonDate.find_start_record.should == @start_date_record end end and I get rspec -f d -b spec/models/season_date_spec.rb SeasonDate responds to the find_start_record method call returns the record with the season start date (FAILED - 1) Failures: 1) SeasonDate returns the record with the season start date Failure/Error: SeasonDate.find_start_record.should == @start_date_record expected: #<SeasonDate id: 66, season_date: "2011-09-24", date_type: "season_start", created_at: "2010-12-03 17:03:58", updated_at: "2010-12-03 17:03:58">, got: nil (using ==) I'm doing something dumb, but I don't know what. Any assistance much appreciated! _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users