Rails - Apr 2006 - Test fixture syntax

OK, I know I''m doing something bone-headed, but I can''t for
the life of
me figure it out.

I''ve read the test fixtures Rdoc about eight dozen times, and it says 
(to me) that if I have a YAML fixture file, dogs.yml that looks like 
this:

fido:
  id: 1
  breed: Terrier
fifi:
  id: 2
  breed: Poodle

Then I can include

fixtures :dogs

in my functional test, and I''ll have access to a Hash of the model 
objects in the instance variable @dogs. And further, that the fixture 
records are "found" and loaded into instance variables named as the 
fixture. That is, I can also access @fido, and @fido = @dogs["fido"].

However, I am getting no @dogs at all. I do get dogs (local variable), 
but no @dogs. And I get no @fido or @fifi either.

My error? Doc error? Help!

Thanks,

Steve


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Steve Crozier wrote:
> OK, I know I''m doing something bone-headed, but I can''t
for the life of
> me figure it out.
> 
> I''ve read the test fixtures Rdoc about eight dozen times, and it
says
> (to me) that if I have a YAML fixture file, dogs.yml that looks like 
> this:
> 
> fido:
>   id: 1
>   breed: Terrier
> fifi:
>   id: 2
>   breed: Poodle
> 
> Then I can include
> 
> fixtures :dogs
> 
> in my functional test, and I''ll have access to a Hash of the model
> objects in the instance variable @dogs. And further, that the fixture 
> records are "found" and loaded into instance variables named as
the
> fixture. That is, I can also access @fido, and @fido =
@dogs["fido"].
> 
> However, I am getting no @dogs at all. I do get dogs (local variable), 
> but no @dogs. And I get no @fido or @fifi either.
> 
> My error? Doc error? Help!
Doc error.  Kind of.  There''s a setting called 
self.use_instanciated_fixtures in test_helper.rb that controls whether 
the @dogs[:foo] syntax works.  As of 1.0, it''s off by default. 
Instead,
you can use the syntax dogs(:foo).

-- 
Alex

Thanks, Alex. I had seen that setting, but had interpreted it 
differently. I tried it and it works great.

Steve

Alex Young wrote:
> Steve Crozier wrote:
>> fifi:
>> fixture. That is, I can also access @fido, and @fido =
@dogs["fido"].
>> 
>> However, I am getting no @dogs at all. I do get dogs (local variable), 
>> but no @dogs. And I get no @fido or @fifi either.
>> 
>> My error? Doc error? Help!
> Doc error.  Kind of.  There''s a setting called
> self.use_instanciated_fixtures in test_helper.rb that controls whether
> the @dogs[:foo] syntax works.  As of 1.0, it''s off by default. 
Instead,
> you can use the syntax dogs(:foo).

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Assuming you are using the latest rails you use fido =
dogs(''fido'').

What you are using below from the docs are called instantiated fixtures 
and they are slow (especially when you have lots of them).

See tests/test_helper.rb to see how to turn them back on if you really 
want to. Otherwise change your tests to get the fixtures as you need 
them as above.

--
Owen

Steve Crozier wrote:
> OK, I know I''m doing something bone-headed, but I can''t
for the life of
> me figure it out.
> 
> I''ve read the test fixtures Rdoc about eight dozen times, and it
says
> (to me) that if I have a YAML fixture file, dogs.yml that looks like 
> this:
> 
> fido:
>   id: 1
>   breed: Terrier
> fifi:
>   id: 2
>   breed: Poodle
> 
> Then I can include
> 
> fixtures :dogs
> 
> in my functional test, and I''ll have access to a Hash of the model
> objects in the instance variable @dogs. And further, that the fixture 
> records are "found" and loaded into instance variables named as
the
> fixture. That is, I can also access @fido, and @fido =
@dogs["fido"].
> 
> However, I am getting no @dogs at all. I do get dogs (local variable), 
> but no @dogs. And I get no @fido or @fifi either.
> 
> My error? Doc error? Help!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Steve
> 
>