[rspec-users] specs for attributes with default values on the SQL layer

Pat Maddox
2009-04-18T14:46:15Z

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 3:09 AM, svoop <svoop at delirium.ch>
wrote:
> Pat Maddox <pat.maddox at ...> writes:
>> Okay I must be dense because I''m not sure what you mean by it
gets in
>> the way of refactoring.
>
> Actually, scratch that, because...
>
>> And you''re right about how it behaves...that''s
exactly how default
>> attrs work. ?If you want to test that your model doesn''t allow
invalid
>> data, you have to explicitly give it invalid data.
>
> Using .with instead of .except does the trick just fine and does just that,
set
> the model explicitly to invalid data.

gah, I totally get it now!  Wasn''t noticing that in one case you were
passing in a full attributes hash (valid_attributes) and in the second
you were only setting one value.  Makes sense to me now.  Glad you
figured it out :)

Pat