Does the object pass validation? before_create callbacks won't run if
it doesn't.

I'd recommend changing the middle line to @assignment.save.should
be_true or equivalent to check if the record is getting saved at all.

--Matt Jones

On May 12, 8:14 pm, Gabriel Saravia <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net>
wrote:
> Has anyone ever had trouble doing this?  Whenever I try to do so, it
> doesn't seem to work:
>
> in my model:
> [code]
>   before_create :set_defaults
>
>   def set_defaults
>     self.submitted = false
>   end
> [/code]
>
> in my rspec test:
> [code]
>   it "Should set 'submitted' to false before a create" do
>     @assignment = Assignment.new(:submitted => true)
>     @assignment.save
>     @assignment.submitted.should be_false
>   end
> [/code]
>
> and the result:
> [code]
> Assignment Should set 'submitted' to false before a create' FAILED
> expected false, got true
> [/code]
> --
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