Rails - Feb 2006 - First unit test fails

I''ve just started working through ''Agile'' chapter 12
''Testing''. I''ve followed the steps carefully, setting
up a fixture and
unit test to check the creation of an order. When I run the test I get
the following:

Loaded suite test/unit/order_test
Started
F
Finished in 0.108008 seconds.

  1) Failure:
test_create(OrderTest) [test/unit/order_test.rb:17]:
<"Wed Feb 15 12:56:26 GMT 2006"> expected but was
<Wed Feb 15 12:56:26 GMT 2006>.

1 tests, 6 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors

My fixture populates the mySQL order table with: ''2006-02-15
12:56:26''

Is there some kind of internal/external date mapping in the RoR Unit 
Test
framework that I''m not taking into account?

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> [mailto:rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org] On Behalf Of Lindsay Boyd
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:02 PM
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> Subject: [Rails] First unit test fails
> 
> 
> I''ve just started working through ''Agile''
chapter 12
> ''Testing''. I''ve followed the steps carefully,
setting up a
> fixture and unit test to check the creation of an order. When 
> I run the test I get the following:
> 
> Loaded suite test/unit/order_test
> Started
> F
> Finished in 0.108008 seconds.
> 
>   1) Failure:
> test_create(OrderTest) [test/unit/order_test.rb:17]:
> <"Wed Feb 15 12:56:26 GMT 2006"> expected but was
> <Wed Feb 15 12:56:26 GMT 2006>.
> 
> 1 tests, 6 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors
Looks like you''re comparing a string against a Time object (note the
quotes in the expected value, and the lack of quotes in the actual
value).  Take a look at p. 145 (under Create and Read), where they talk
about _before_type_cast.

Me? I just use the .to_s method.

Regards,

Dan

Thanks. I should have read a few pages ahead! .to_s works fine.

Lindsay


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