I'm having trouble understanding what the assigns() method does, as described at the following link:
http://ruby.railstutorial.org/chapters/modeling-and-viewing-users-two#sec:better_user_views The User model has been 'rake db:test:prepare'ed, but I checked and no records were copied to the test db after doing that. Yet the description of assigns() says that the code: describe "GET 'show'" do before(:each) do @user = Factory(:user) end . . . it "should find the right user" do get :show, :id => @user assigns(:user).should == @user end end . . . end 'then verifies that the variable retrieved from the database in the action [where the action looks like this: class UsersController < ApplicationController def show @user = User.find(params[:id]) end corresponds to the @user instance created by Factory Girl. I don't know where the 'variable retrieved from the database' comes from?? -- 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.
