Rails - Apr 2006 - NoMethodError with test_read_with_hash

While running the product_test.rb test fixture in the Agile Web 
Development book (p. 148), but when I run

ruby test/unit/product_test.rb, I get the following error:


  1) Error:
test_read_with_hash(ProductTest):
NoMethodError: You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it!
You might have expected an instance of Array.
The error occured while evaluating nil.[]
    test/unit/product_test.rb:39:in `test_read_with_hash''

4 tests, 15 assertions, 0 failures, 1 errors


Below is my code for the the method:

  def test_read_with_hash
    assert_kind_of Product, @product
    vc_book = @products["version_control_book"]
    assert_equal vc_book["id"], @product.id
    assert_equal vc_book["title"], @product.title
    assert_equal vc_book["description"], @product.description
    assert_equal vc_book["image_url"], @product.price
    assert_equal vc_book["price"], @product.price
    assert_equal vc_book["date_available"], 
@product.date_available_before_type_cast
  end

Is there anything I need to tweak in the code to avoid seeing the error 
again?




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Mike Agres wrote:
> While running the product_test.rb test fixture in the Agile Web 
> Development book (p. 148), but when I run
> 
> ruby test/unit/product_test.rb, I get the following error:
> 
> 
>   1) Error:
> test_read_with_hash(ProductTest):
> NoMethodError: You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it!
> You might have expected an instance of Array.
> The error occured while evaluating nil.[]
>     test/unit/product_test.rb:39:in `test_read_with_hash''
> 
> 4 tests, 15 assertions, 0 failures, 1 errors
> 
> 
> Below is my code for the the method:
> 
>   def test_read_with_hash
>     assert_kind_of Product, @product
>     vc_book = @products["version_control_book"]
>     assert_equal vc_book["id"], @product.id
>     assert_equal vc_book["title"], @product.title
>     assert_equal vc_book["description"], @product.description
>     assert_equal vc_book["image_url"], @product.price
>     assert_equal vc_book["price"], @product.price
>     assert_equal vc_book["date_available"], 
> @product.date_available_before_type_cast
>   end
> 
> Is there anything I need to tweak in the code to avoid seeing the error 
> again?
Hi,

I guess auto instantiated fixtures are now turned off by default, so 
this would be products(:version_control_book); if you prefer to use the 
auto instantiated fixtures turn them on in test helper.

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Cool - I set  self.use_instantiated_fixtures to "true" in
test_helper.rb
and that allowed me to run the test without a hitch.

Thanks!

-Mike

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