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On Aug 22, 2011, at 10:14 PM, ct9a <anexi...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Aug 23, 1:55 pm, Justin Ko <jko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 9:09 PM, ct9a <anexi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks, Justin.
>> 
>>> I have the part object mocked up before each spec runs.
>> 
>>> ------- Extract begins -----------------
>> 
>>>    let(:part){
>>>        mock_model('Part').as_null_object
>>>    }
>> 
>>>    before do
>>>        Part.stub(:new).and_return(part)
>>>    end
>> 
>>> ------- Extract ends -----------------
>> 
>>> With that in mind, I just made changes to my spec as below:
>> 
>>> ------- Extract begins -----------------
>> 
>>>    it 'saves updates to an existing part object successfully' do
>>>         Part.should_receive(:find).with(1).and_return(part)
>>>        Part.should_receive(:update).with( 'title' =>
>>> 'Grimspeed' ).and_return(part)
>> 
>> Should be:
>> 
>> Part.should_receive(:update_attributes).with('title' =>
>> 'Grimspeed').and_return(part)
>> 
>> No where do you call `update` on Part.
> 
> Yes, I have done that and the spec looks like below.
> 
> ------------------ Spec extract begins
> ------------------------------------------
>    context 'saves updates to an existing part object successfully' do
>        it 'does its job in saving the update' do
>            Part.should_receive(:find).with(1).and_return(part)
>            Part.should_receive(:update_attributes).with('title' =>
> 'Brake pads').and_return(part)
>            put :update, :id => 1, :part => {'title' => 'Brake pads'}
>        end
>    end
> ------------------ Spec extract ends
> ------------------------------------------
> 
> Alas, it's still giving out an error indicating the update_attributes
> message is never called.
> I've already got a put request to the 'update' method with an id and
> the part hash parameter
> and yet it looks like 'update' is not called (which in will call
> update_attributes in it).
> 
> ----------------- Error extract starts
> -------------------------------------------------
> 
>  1) PartsController saves updates to an existing part object
> successfully does its job in saving the update
>     Failure/Error:
> Part.should_receive(:update_attributes).with('title' => 'Brake
> pads').and_return(part)
>       (<Part(id: integer, title: string, description: text,
> created_by: string, updated_by: string, created_at: datetime,
> updated_at: datetime) (class)>).update_attributes({"title"=>"Brake
> pads"})
>           expected: 1 time
>           received: 0 times
>     # ./spec/controllers/parts_controller_spec.rb:54
> 
> Finished in 0.25483 seconds
> 8 examples, 1 failure, 1 pending
> 
> ----------------- Error extract end
> -------------------------------------------------
> 
> Hmm.... What is missing?

Do you have a before filter somewhere that is preventing the :update_attributes 
message from being received?

> 
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