Following the discussion earlier, I knocked together a trunk- compatible "facets" monkey-patch, if anyone wants to play with it: <http://aviewfromafar.net/2007/10/21/quick-and-dirty-facets-in-rspec- trunk> It''s simplistic, but it will do for me for the time being. Ashley -- blog @ http://aviewfromafar.net/ linked-in @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleymoran currently @ home