On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote:
>> If I use a generator to create test objects and owners, I have no >> idea what owner ids have been created, so how can I specify an >> invalid one for test purposes? > > You probably don't need to. But a couple of ideas come to mind: > * User.max(:id) + 10 That didn't work but got me thinking in a workable direction, thanks. > ... validates_associated is silly and circularity-prone. > You should be using foreign key constraints in the DB for this Well, I'll take that under advisement :-) but I would prefer to have the business logic in the app, and tested. Even if (as in this case) it's not actually TDD/BDD because I'm adding tests to someone else's code, the test suite now reflects intent -- better than the usual (which is to say no) documentation thereof. Thanks, -- Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ [email protected] twitter: @hassan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
