Colin Law wrote in post #962810: > > That is a completely different error, it is rake that is aborting, not > the test that is failing (that is why it says 'rake aborted'). It has > not got as far as running the tests, so the content of the tests is > immaterial. Show us the rest of the message - but first look through > it yourself and see if you can see what is the problem, or at least > some hint as to the problem. The next bit that you have not showed us > may well be the key. > > Colin
That's what I thought at first. I built the test app t try and make sure the test bit worked . Anyhow heres the whole thing. Gleble n...@baby6:~/*****$ rake test:units --trace (in /home/neil/******) ** Invoke test:units (first_time) ** Invoke db:test:prepare (first_time) ** Invoke db:abort_if_pending_migrations (first_time) ** Invoke environment (first_time) ** Execute environment ** Execute db:abort_if_pending_migrations ** Execute db:test:prepare ** Invoke db:test:load (first_time) ** Invoke db:test:purge (first_time) ** Invoke environment ** Execute db:test:purge ** Execute db:test:load ** Invoke db:schema:load (first_time) ** Invoke environment ** Execute db:schema:load ** Execute test:units /usr/bin/ruby1.8 -I"lib:test" "/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake/rake_test_loader.rb" "test/unit/comment_test.rb" "test/unit/user_mailer_test.rb" "test/unit/friendship_test.rb" "test/unit/helpers/friendship_helper_test.rb" "test/unit/helpers/profile_helper_test.rb" "test/unit/helpers/community_helper_test.rb" "test/unit/user_test.rb" "test/unit/story_test.rb" ruby index.rb <data dir> <index dir> rake aborted! Command failed with status (1): [/usr/bin/ruby1.8 -I"lib:test" "/usr/lib/ru...] /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:995 /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:1010:in `call' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:1010:in `sh' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:1094:in `sh' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:1029:in `ruby' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:1094:in `ruby' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake/testtask.rb:117 /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:1112:in `verbose' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake/testtask.rb:102 /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:636:in `call' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:636:in `execute' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:631:in `each' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:631:in `execute' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:597:in `invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in `synchronize' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:590:in `invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:583:in `invoke' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2051:in `invoke_task' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2029:in `top_level' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2029:in `each' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2029:in `top_level' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2068:in `standard_exception_handling' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2023:in `top_level' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2001:in `run' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2068:in `standard_exception_handling' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:1998:in `run' /usr/bin/rake:28 -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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.

