rspec users - Dec 2008 - Oddness with fieldnames containing an underscore

Hi all,

I''m not sure if this is a cucumber or webrat thing given that I only  
starting tinkering with both last night for the first time (testing  
newb as well), but I''ve come across an oddity when trying to write a  
scenario to create a user.

   Scenario: Register new user
     Given I am on the new user page
     And I fill in "login" with "fredf"
     And I fill in "password" with "somepassword"
     And I fill in "password_confirmation" with
"somepassword"
     And I select "Mr" from "title"
     And I fill in "given_names" with "Fred"
     And I fill in "surname" with "Flintstone"
     And I fill in "email" with "fredf at rocks.com"
     And I press "Create"
     Then there should be 1 more user

When I ''rake features'' it halts at the password_confirmation
line...

   Scenario: Register new user                             # features/ 
manage_users.feature:16
     Given I am on the new user page                       # features/ 
step_definitions/user_steps.rb:5
     And I fill in "login" with "johnm"                    #
features/
step_definitions/webrat_steps.rb:12
     And I fill in "password" with "Lmmsoht"               #
features/
step_definitions/webrat_steps.rb:12
     And I fill in "password_confirmation" with "Lmmsoht"  #
features/
step_definitions/webrat_steps.rb:12
       Could not find field:  
"password_confirmation" (Webrat::NotFoundError)

The test passes if I prepend "user_" to the field name ie.  
"user_password_confirmation". Same applies to the
''given_names'' field.

Is this a bug or am I making an incorrect assumption on how things are  
supposed to work?

TIA,

   JohnM

--

"I''m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless
information"
   - Calvin & Hobbes

Probably not a bug, if you look at the id''s of the fields your matching
by
viewing source in your browser you''ll see that they have an id that
begins
with ''user''. So when webrat fails to match on the label text
it then tries
to match on the id. You can use the debugger to step into the webrat code
and see this yourself if you want
HTH

2008/12/10 John Meredith <johnm at psynix.com>
> Hi all,
>
> I''m not sure if this is a cucumber or webrat thing given that I
only
> starting tinkering with both last night for the first time (testing newb as
> well), but I''ve come across an oddity when trying to write a
scenario to
> create a user.
>
>  Scenario: Register new user
>    Given I am on the new user page
>    And I fill in "login" with "fredf"
>    And I fill in "password" with "somepassword"
>    And I fill in "password_confirmation" with
"somepassword"
>    And I select "Mr" from "title"
>    And I fill in "given_names" with "Fred"
>    And I fill in "surname" with "Flintstone"
>    And I fill in "email" with "fredf at rocks.com"
>    And I press "Create"
>    Then there should be 1 more user
>
> When I ''rake features'' it halts at the
password_confirmation line...
>
>  Scenario: Register new user                             #
> features/manage_users.feature:16
>    Given I am on the new user page                       #
> features/step_definitions/user_steps.rb:5
>    And I fill in "login" with "johnm"                  
#
> features/step_definitions/webrat_steps.rb:12
>    And I fill in "password" with "Lmmsoht"             
#
> features/step_definitions/webrat_steps.rb:12
>    And I fill in "password_confirmation" with "Lmmsoht"
#
> features/step_definitions/webrat_steps.rb:12
>      Could not find field: "password_confirmation"
(Webrat::NotFoundError)
>
> The test passes if I prepend "user_" to the field name ie.
> "user_password_confirmation". Same applies to the
''given_names'' field.
>
> Is this a bug or am I making an incorrect assumption on how things are
> supposed to work?
>
> TIA,
>
>  JohnM
>
> --
>
> "I''m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless
information"
>  - Calvin & Hobbes
>
>
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