Apologies if this is a repeat post but google seemed to ignore my last effort. There is only one Factory - copy, paste and editing error. I can't believe that I didn't include the code being tested...
class SeasonDate < ActiveRecord::Base def self.find_start_record where(["date_type = ?", "start_date"]).first end end Agreed re redundant test - I put that in when the 'real' test failed. On Dec 4, 2:25 am, David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Dec 3, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Martin Hawkins wrote: > > > > > > > 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 > > Do you actually have 3 identical factories or was that just a copy/paste > error? > > > 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 > > The fact that this example ^^ sends SeasonDate the find_start_record message > makes the previous example unnecessary. > > > > > > > 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! > > Can't really tell from what you've posted. Please post the implementation of > SeasonDate.season_date. > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-us...@rubyforge.orghttp://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users