hello all, i''ve created a plug-in from some test helper code i''ve been using. hopefully some of you will find it useful. in a nutshell, it lets you assert that messages were (or were not) written to the application''s log file during a test case. from the README: Testable Logger acts as a buffered proxy in front of the normal Logger object when running in a test environment. It will store the messages that are logged during a test run and make them available for testing through the assertions `assert_logged` and `assert_nothing_logged`. home page: http://code.teytek.com/rails/plugins/testable_logger/ svn repository: http://svn.teytek.com/rails/plugins/testable_logger/trunk questions, comments, suggestions welcome... thanks, mike demers [mike@teytek.com] -------------------------------- TEYTEK CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES Quality Software Manufacturing http://teytek.com/ --------------------------------