rspec users - Dec 2008 - how to check for empty field value?

# Then /^the email_confirmation field should be cleared$/ do
#   #how to write this ????
#   #selector( "input[name=user[email_confirmation]")[:value].should  
be_blank
# end

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 10:59 PM, Jonathan Linowes
<jonathan at parkerhill.com> wrote:
> # Then /^the email_confirmation field should be cleared$/ do
> #   #how to write this ????
> #   #selector(
"input[name=user[email_confirmation]")[:value].should
> be_blank
> # end
Are you using Webrat?  If so try:

field_labeled("Email Confirmation").value.should be_nil

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Josh Knowles
phone: 509-979-1593
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I''ll try that, but by the method name, I assume it looks for a  
<label> tag for the field rather than the name attribute of the  
<input> ?

On Dec 30, 2008, at 12:56 AM, Josh Knowles wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 10:59 PM, Jonathan Linowes
> <jonathan at parkerhill.com> wrote:
>> # Then /^the email_confirmation field should be cleared$/ do
>> #   #how to write this ????
>> #   #selector(
"input[name=user[email_confirmation]")[:value].should
>> be_blank
>> # end
>
> Are you using Webrat?  If so try:
>
> field_labeled("Email Confirmation").value.should be_nil
>
> -- 
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On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Jonathan Linowes
<jonathan at parkerhill.com> wrote:
> On Dec 30, 2008, at 12:56 AM, Josh Knowles wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 10:59 PM, Jonathan Linowes
>> <jonathan at parkerhill.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> # Then /^the email_confirmation field should be cleared$/ do
>>> #   #how to write this ????
>>> #   #selector(
"input[name=user[email_confirmation]")[:value].should
>>> be_blank
>>> # end
>>
>> Are you using Webrat?  If so try:
>>
>> field_labeled("Email Confirmation").value.should be_nil
>>
> I''ll try that, but by the method name, I assume it looks for a
<label> tag
> for the field rather than the name attribute of the <input> ?
>
That is correct, and encourages a good habit of associating labels
with input fields in the HTML. That way, steps can say things like
"the Email Confirmation field should be empty" instead of "the
email_confirmation field should be empty."

If you don''t want to be encouraged to do that, you can use this
instead:

  field_with_id(''user_email_confirmation'').value.should
be_blank

or some such.

HTH,
David
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