On Jan 13, 2011, at 3:53 PM, SpringChicken wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've just spent a day trying to write up a basic update spec for a
> nested resource - all without avail. I'm quite new to RSpec & not sure
> what I'm doing wrong. I can't seem to get a stub that recognises the
> required association to the parent object. I've tried factories and
> outright database calls, none of which seem to catch the
> should_receive. If anyone could offer a basic example of the nested
> equivalent of something like the following, I'd be very appreciative.
>
> it "updates the requested post" do
> Post.stub(:find).with("14") { mock_post }
> mock_post.should_receive(:update_attributes).with({'these'
> => 'params'})
> put :update, :id => "14", :post => {'these' => 'params'}
> end
>
> Controller action here:
>
> def update
> @comment = Comment.find(params[:id])
> respond_to do |format|
> if @comment.update_attributes(params[:comment])
> flash[:notice] = 'Post successfully updated'
> format.html { redirect_to(@comment.post) }
> format.xml { head :ok }
> else
> format.html { render :action => "edit" }
> format.xml { render :xml => @comment.errors, :status
> => :unprocessable_entity }
> end
> end
>
> end
That looks like it should work. What's the failure message you're getting?
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