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Gian

2007-Jun-22 08:33 UTC

assert_select trying to verify the presence of a textarea

Hello,

One of my functional tests looks like this:

  def test_presence_of_free_text
    profile = Profile.find :first
    post :edit, {:id => profile.id}
    assert_select "textarea", :name =>
"record[free_text_ec]"
  end

The test results in a failure, because the element cannot be found.

I''m pretty sure the element should be there, and I''ve tried
the
following
combinations as well:
assert_select "textarea", :name => "record[free_text_ec]"
assert_select "textarea.record_free_text_ec", :name =>
"record[free_text_ec]"
assert_select "input[type=textarea][id=record_free_text_ec]"
assert_select "[type=textarea][id=record_free_text_ec]"
assert_select "input[type=TEXTAREA][id=record_free_text_ec]"
assert_select "LI textarea", :name =>
"record[free_text_ec]"
assert_select
"html:root>body>div>div>div>div>form>ol>li>ol>li>textarea",
:id =>
"record_free_text_ec"

They all fail.

One does not fail, and that''s
assert_select "*", :name => "record[free_text_ec]"
But, to be sure, I''ve checked this option with a dummy name
(e.g. assert_select "*", :name => "Hjdueubduagagaxxxxx")
and it strangely enough it succeeds as well.

Does anyone know how to make the assert_select find my textarea tag
correctly?

Thanks,

Gian


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Daniel N

2007-Jun-22 08:41 UTC

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Re: assert_select trying to verify the presence of a textarea

On 6/22/07, Gian
<gian.franco.casula-aZ+A4iwyWieEVqv0pETR8A@public.gmane.org>
wrote:>
>
> Hello,
>
> One of my functional tests looks like this:
>
>   def test_presence_of_free_text
>     profile = Profile.find :first
>     post :edit, {:id => profile.id}
>     assert_select "textarea", :name =>
"record[free_text_ec]"
>   end

I believe that the selector "record[free_text_ec]" Is not correct. 
It''s
looking for a tag called record with a free_text_ec attribute.

I don''t believe your call is doing what you expect though.  The :name
option
is going towards an equality? argument, not the selector argument.

I believe you test should read

assert_select "textarea#record[id=free_text_ec]"

HTH
Daniel

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Gian

2007-Jun-22 09:22 UTC

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Re: assert_select trying to verify the presence of a textarea

Thanks for your reply Daniel.

I''m afraid this does not work either.

An hml snippet of the actual page looks like this:
...
  <li class="form-element ">
    <label for="record_free_text_ec">Additional text for the
EC</
label>
    <div class="info">&nbsp;</div>
    <textarea cols="40" id="record_free_text_ec"
name="record[free_text_ec]" rows="20">
    </textarea>
  </li>
...

I can''t see what''s wrong in the assert_select

Cheers,

Gian

On 22 jun, 10:41, "Daniel N"
<has....-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> On 6/22/07, Gian
<gian.franco.cas...-aZ+A4iwyWieEVqv0pETR8A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello,
>
> > One of my functional tests looks like this:
>
> >   def test_presence_of_free_text
> >     profile = Profile.find :first
> >     post :edit, {:id => profile.id}
> >     assert_select "textarea", :name =>
"record[free_text_ec]"
> >   end
>
> I believe that the selector "record[free_text_ec]" Is not
correct.  It''s
> looking for a tag called record with a free_text_ec attribute.
>
> I don''t believe your call is doing what you expect though.  The
:name option
> is going towards an equality? argument, not the selector argument.
>
> I believe you test should read
>
> assert_select "textarea#record[id=free_text_ec]"
>
> HTH
> Daniel

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Daniel N

2007-Jun-22 09:28 UTC

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Re: assert_select trying to verify the presence of a textarea

On 6/22/07, Gian
<gian.franco.casula-aZ+A4iwyWieEVqv0pETR8A@public.gmane.org>
wrote:>
>
> Thanks for your reply Daniel.
>
> I''m afraid this does not work either.
>
> An hml snippet of the actual page looks like this:
> ...
>   <li class="form-element ">
>     <label for="record_free_text_ec">Additional text for
the EC</
> label>
>     <div class="info">&nbsp;</div>
>     <textarea cols="40" id="record_free_text_ec"
> name="record[free_text_ec]" rows="20">
>     </textarea>
>   </li>
> ...
>
> I can''t see what''s wrong in the assert_select
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gian


Ok that makes it clear.  The id is id="record_free_text_ec"  so the
assert_select should be

assert_select "textarea#record_free_text_ec"

That should find it. The # will find a textarea tag with the given id.  This
is pretty much the same as a css selector.

HTH
Daniel

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Gian

2007-Jun-22 11:21 UTC

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Re: assert_select trying to verify the presence of a textarea

again thanks Daniel,

In my case the assert_select works for pages that are NOT using
active scaffold, I just do, as you proposed...

assert_select "textarea#record_free_text_ec"

and this works.

I think the problem lies in the fact my (GET) request in the
test, is probably not returning what I expected, and that''s why the
assert_select doesn''t find the textarea.
>From the browser the GET returns the right html, from thetest the GET is giving me values 0 or 302 for an assert_response.

I''ve checked the response with puts @response.inspect, and it
doesn''t look like what I should get.

Pretty weird, maybe I''m overlooking something...

Cheers,

Gian

On 22 jun, 11:28, "Daniel N"
<has....-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> On 6/22/07, Gian
<gian.franco.cas...-aZ+A4iwyWieEVqv0pETR8A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Thanks for your reply Daniel.
>
> > I''m afraid this does not work either.
>
> > An hml snippet of the actual page looks like this:
> > ...
> >   <li class="form-element ">
> >     <label for="record_free_text_ec">Additional text
for the EC</
> > label>
> >     <div class="info">&nbsp;</div>
> >     <textarea cols="40"
id="record_free_text_ec"
> > name="record[free_text_ec]" rows="20">
> >     </textarea>
> >   </li>
> > ...
>
> > I can''t see what''s wrong in the assert_select
>
> > Cheers,
>
> > Gian
>
> Ok that makes it clear.  The id is id="record_free_text_ec"  so
the
> assert_select should be
>
> assert_select "textarea#record_free_text_ec"
>
> That should find it. The # will find a textarea tag with the given id. 
This
> is pretty much the same as a css selector.
>
> HTH
> Daniel

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Gian

2007-Jun-26 11:04 UTC

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Re: assert_select trying to verify the presence of a textarea

Just for the records, for whoever might end up on this thread.

I found out what the problem was, it has nothing to do with active
scaffold.

The cause of this problem was a missing fixture in my tests.

More specifically. I use the plug in act_as_authenticated, and
the first line in my tests is usually login_as(:someone), that
sets the user as logged in.

The method login_as worked fine, and the @current_user instance
variable was set in my controllers, but the instances of an
association
(i.e. has_and_belongs_to_many :roles) where not made and not set
in the specific user instance, this caused some conditions to fail and
resulted in a redirect.

Moral of the story: I needed to add an extra fixture to my functional
test.


On 22 jun, 13:21, Gian
<gian.franco.cas...-aZ+A4iwyWieEVqv0pETR8A@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> again thanks Daniel,
>
> In my case the assert_select works for pages that are NOT
usingactivescaffold, I just do, as you proposed...
>
> assert_select "textarea#record_free_text_ec"
>
> and this works.
>
> I think the problem lies in the fact my (GET) request in the
> test, is probably not returning what I expected, and that''s why
the
> assert_select doesn''t find the textarea.
>
> >From the browser the GET returns the right html, from the
>
> test the GET is giving me values 0 or 302 for an assert_response.
>
> I''ve checked the response with puts @response.inspect, and it
> doesn''t look like what I should get.
>
> Pretty weird, maybe I''m overlooking something...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gian
>
> On 22 jun, 11:28, "Daniel N"
<has....-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > On 6/22/07, Gian
<gian.franco.cas...-aZ+A4iwyWieEVqv0pETR8A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > Thanks for your reply Daniel.
>
> > > I''m afraid this does not work either.
>
> > > An hml snippet of the actual page looks like this:
> > > ...
> > >   <li class="form-element ">
> > >     <label for="record_free_text_ec">Additional
text for the EC</
> > > label>
> > >     <div class="info">&nbsp;</div>
> > >     <textarea cols="40"
id="record_free_text_ec"
> > > name="record[free_text_ec]" rows="20">
> > >     </textarea>
> > >   </li>
> > > ...
>
> > > I can''t see what''s wrong in the assert_select
>
> > > Cheers,
>
> > > Gian
>
> > Ok that makes it clear.  The id is id="record_free_text_ec" 
so the
> > assert_select should be
>
> > assert_select "textarea#record_free_text_ec"
>
> > That should find it. The # will find a textarea tag with the given id.
This
> > is pretty much the same as a css selector.
>
> > HTH
> > Daniel

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