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Shauna

2006-Oct-21 02:43 UTC

test_create gets 200 instead of :success

Help!

I have a new/create process that works fine in the actual app. But when 
I test I always get a failure in the test_create section. Here''s some 
controller code:

  def new
  end

  def create
    begin
      @borrower = Borrower.new(params[:borrower])
      if @borrower.save
        flash[:notice] = ''Borrower '' + @borrower.FirstName +
'' '' +
@borrower.LastName + '' was added.''
        redirect_to :action => ''list''
      else
        flash[:notice] = ''Borrower could not be added. Must have a Last
Name and a unique SSN.''
        render :action => ''new''
      end
      rescue
        flash[:notice] = ''Borrower could not be added.''
        render :action => ''new''
    end
  end

Setting breakpoints at different places in the above code indicates that 
my test is going through the rescue section.

Here''s the test code:
  def test_new
    get :new
    assert_response :success
    assert_template ''new''
  end
  def test_create
    num_borrowers = Borrower.count
    post :create, :borrower => {:SSN => ''000'', :LastName
=> ''Anyone''}
    assert_response :redirect        # gets 200 (OK) instead of 302 
(Found)
    assert_redirected_to :action => ''list''
    assert_equal ''Borrower Anyone was added.'', flash[:notice]
    assert_equal num_borrowers + 1, Borrower.count
  end

What am I leaving out of my test to keep me from :success? Or should it 
be rearranged somehow? As I said, the app itself adds a borrower 
correctly.

TIA,
Shauna

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IT.Telecom

2006-Oct-21 03:13 UTC

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Re: test_create gets 200 instead of :success

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On Oct 21, 10:43 am, Shauna
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> Help!
>
> I have a new/create process that works fine in the actual app. But when
> I test I always get a failure in the test_create section. Here''s
some
> controller code:
>
>   def new
>   end
>
>   def create
>     begin
>       @borrower = Borrower.new(params[:borrower])
>       if @borrower.save
>         flash[:notice] = ''Borrower '' +
@borrower.FirstName + '' '' +
> @borrower.LastName + '' was added.''
>         redirect_to :action => ''list''
>       else
>         flash[:notice] = ''Borrower could not be added. Must have a
Last
> Name and a unique SSN.''
>         render :action => ''new''
>       end
>       rescue
>         flash[:notice] = ''Borrower could not be added.''
>         render :action => ''new''
>     end
>   end
>
> Setting breakpoints at different places in the above code indicates that
> my test is going through the rescue section.
>
> Here''s the test code:
>   def test_new
>     get :new
>     assert_response :success
>     assert_template ''new''
>   end
>   def test_create
>     num_borrowers = Borrower.count
>     post :create, :borrower => {:SSN => ''000'',
:LastName => ''Anyone''}
>     assert_response :redirect        # gets 200 (OK) instead of 302
> (Found)
>     assert_redirected_to :action => ''list''
>     assert_equal ''Borrower Anyone was added.'',
flash[:notice]
>     assert_equal num_borrowers + 1, Borrower.count
>   end
>
> What am I leaving out of my test to keep me from :success? Or should it
> be rearranged somehow? As I said, the app itself adds a borrower
> correctly.
> 
> TIA,
> Shauna
> 
> --
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Conrad Taylor

2006-Oct-22 00:05 UTC

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Re: test_create gets 200 instead of :success

Hi Shauna, I would recommend doing the following for your test_create:

def test_create

   # obtain the number of borrowers.
   num_borrowers = Borrower.count

   # post the data to the server
   post :create, :borrower => {:SSN => ''000'', :LastName
=> ''Anyone''}

   # was the response successful.
   assert_response :success

   # did we get redirected to the correct page.
   assert_redirected_to :action => ''list''

   # did the appropriate message get displayed on success.
   assert_equal ''Borrower Anyone was added.'', flash[:notice]

   # did the number of borrowers get incremented.
   assert_equal num_borrowers + 1, Borrower.count

 end

I''m new to RoR and I have also completed the ''Ruby on
Rails'' course
recently in Dallas.

Good luck,

-Conrad

On 10/20/06, IT.Telecom
<freelance.telecom-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:>
> Get freelance or telecom-job here!!
> http://freelance.telecom.googlepages.com
>
> On Oct 21, 10:43 am, Shauna
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Help!
> >
> > I have a new/create process that works fine in the actual app. But
when
> > I test I always get a failure in the test_create section.
Here''s some
> > controller code:
> >
> >   def new
> >   end
> >
> >   def create
> >     begin
> >       @borrower = Borrower.new(params[:borrower])
> >       if @borrower.save
> >         flash[:notice] = ''Borrower '' +
@borrower.FirstName + '' '' +
> > @borrower.LastName + '' was added.''
> >         redirect_to :action => ''list''
> >       else
> >         flash[:notice] = ''Borrower could not be added. Must
have a Last
> > Name and a unique SSN.''
> >         render :action => ''new''
> >       end
> >       rescue
> >         flash[:notice] = ''Borrower could not be
added.''
> >         render :action => ''new''
> >     end
> >   end
> >
> > Setting breakpoints at different places in the above code indicates
that
> > my test is going through the rescue section.
> >
> > Here''s the test code:
> >   def test_new
> >     get :new
> >     assert_response :success
> >     assert_template ''new''
> >   end
> >   def test_create
> >     num_borrowers = Borrower.count
> >     post :create, :borrower => {:SSN => ''000'',
:LastName => ''Anyone''}
> >     assert_response :redirect        # gets 200 (OK) instead of 302
> > (Found)
> >     assert_redirected_to :action => ''list''
> >     assert_equal ''Borrower Anyone was added.'',
flash[:notice]
> >     assert_equal num_borrowers + 1, Borrower.count
> >   end
> >
> > What am I leaving out of my test to keep me from :success? Or should
it
> > be rearranged somehow? As I said, the app itself adds a borrower
> > correctly.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Shauna
> >
> > --
> > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>
> >
>
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Shauna

2006-Oct-23 06:09 UTC

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Re: test_create gets 200 instead of :success

Thanks for responding, Conrad. I substituted the line
assert_response :success
as you suggested, and now the Failure message reads
Expected response to be a <:redirect>, but was <200>

In other words, the :success test passes but Rails still chokes on the 
following line.

Does anyone know why the test goes through the rescue section while my 
app itself does not?

I''ve been tearing my hair out for days over this one!

Thanks,
Shauna


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Chris.Mohr

2006-Oct-23 06:58 UTC

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Re: test_create gets 200 instead of :success

Hi...I''m pretty new to rails as well, but maybe I can help.

The response code will be either 200 (success) or 302 (redirect).  Not
both.

So, you''re orignal test code looks good to me.

Unfortunatley, I don''t know what the problem is though.

Or maybe try adding some code to see if the Borrower was created
properly, before saving, just to doublecheck that the parameters were
passed in properly.

  @borrower = Borrower.new(params[:borrower])
      puts "Borrower SSN: #{@borrower.LastName}"             #
doublecheck the new borrowers LastName
      if @borrower.save

Is it possible that "anyone" is already in the db?

Good Luck!

On Oct 23, 12:09 am, Shauna
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> Thanks for responding, Conrad. I substituted the line
> assert_response :success
> as you suggested, and now the Failure message reads
> Expected response to be a <:redirect>, but was <200>
>
> In other words, the :success test passes but Rails still chokes on the
> following line.
>
> Does anyone know why the test goes through the rescue section while my
> app itself does not?
>
> I''ve been tearing my hair out for days over this one!
> 
> Thanks,
> Shauna
> 
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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Shauna

2006-Oct-23 07:55 UTC

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Hi Chris,

Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, the @borrower.LastName comes out 
correctly in both the test and the real app.

So I''m back to --

WHY does the test go through the rescue section while the app itself 
executes correctly?

Can I get the attention of anyone who knows what''s going on here?
I''ve
used Google Code Search to see if anyone else does the test_new ... 
test_create sequence this way. The only one I found was iteration15 of 
pomodo, which like the Agile examples, has no fixture data to actually 
do a test with. Has anyone actually tested this part of the Agile code 
in their app???

I should clarify that in the code above, test_new also fails (in test 
only, app is fine), but if I add the (duplicate) line
@borrower = Borrower.new(params[:borrower])
to test_new, the test doesn''t fail and the app still works fine.

I''m sure I''m missing something here, and I know I sure do miss
my
traditional debugging tools!

Shauna

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Shauna

2006-Oct-23 07:58 UTC

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Re: test_create gets 200 instead of :success

Sorry, I meant to say, if I add the (duplicate) line
@borrower = Borrower.new(params[:borrower])
to def new, the test doesn''t fail and the app still works fine.

Shauna

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