rspec users - May 2011 - using rspec and factory_girl, how to get around attributes that can't be set b/c of attr_accessible

class User < ActiveRecord::Base

  attr_accessor :password, :password_confirmation
  attr_accessible  :password, :password_confirmation, ...


  validates :password, :presence => true, :confirmation => true, :length
=>
{ :within => 6..20 }
end

factory_girl:

Factory.define :user do |u|

  u.user_name  "test"
  u.password "mypassword"
  u.password_confirmation "mypassword"

end

user_spec.rb:

describe User do
  before(:each) do
      @valid_att = Factory.attributes_for(:user)
      @user = Factory(:user)
  end



end


Now all my user spec tests pass if I comment out the line ''validates
:password....'' line in my User.rb model.

It seems that I can''t set the attributes password and
password_confirmation
in my factory_girl user factory.

I use both @valid_att and @user in my tests, so I need both to contain
correct values for user model.
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On 16 May 2011 16:29, S Ahmed <sahmed1020 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> class User < ActiveRecord::Base
> ??attr_accessor :password, :password_confirmation
> ??attr_accessible ?:password, :password_confirmation, ...
>
> ??validates :password, :presence => true, :confirmation => true,
:length =>
> { :within => 6..20 }
> end
> factory_girl:
> Factory.define :user do |u|
> ??u.user_name ?"test"
> ??u.password "mypassword"
> ??u.password_confirmation "mypassword"
> end
> user_spec.rb:
> describe User do
> ??before(:each) do
> ?? ? ?@valid_att = Factory.attributes_for(:user)
> ?? ? ?@user = Factory(:user)
> ??end
>
>
> end
>
> Now all my user spec tests pass if I comment out the line
''validates
> :password....'' line in my User.rb model.
> It seems that I can''t set the attributes password and
password_confirmation
> in my factory_girl user factory.
> I use both @valid_att and @user in my tests, so I need both to contain
> correct values for user model.
It would be easier to help if you could share the error you get when
your validation line is left in.

Also, there is a factory_girl mailing list that might be more
appropriate for this question (assuming the problem is indeed with
factory_girl):

  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/factory_girl

Chris