rspec users - Jun 2009 - I am having a problem testing a date in a rails view

I see June 13, 2009 on my index page when running in development.

I get this
2.
<false> is not true.

require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) +
''/../../spec_helper'')

describe "/timesheets/index.html.erb" do
  include TimesheetsHelper

  before(:each) do
    assigns[:timesheets] = [
            stub_model(Timesheets,
                       :tsdate => Date.parse(''2009-6-13''),
                       :off => false,
                       :vacation => 9.99,
                       :holiday => 9.99,
                       :closed => false,
                       :comment => "value for comment",
                       :admin_comment => "value for admin_comment",
                       :approved => false
            ),
            stub_model(Timesheets,
                       :tsdate => Date.parse(''2009-6-13''),
                       :off => false,
                       :vacation => 9.99,
                       :holiday => 9.99,
                       :closed => false,
                       :comment => "value for comment",
                       :admin_comment => "value for admin_comment",
                       :approved => false
            )
    ]
  end

  it "renders a list of timesheets" do
    render
    response.should have_tag("tr>td", "2009-06-13".to_s,
2) <++++++++ This
where it fails +++++>
    response.should have_tag("tr>td", false.to_s, 2)
    response.should have_tag("tr>td", 9.99.to_s, 2)
    response.should have_tag("tr>td", 9.99.to_s, 2)
    response.should have_tag("tr>td", false.to_s, 2)
    response.should have_tag("tr>td", "value for
comment".to_s, 2)
    response.should have_tag("tr>td", "value for
admin_comment".to_s, 2)
    response.should have_tag("tr>td", false.to_s, 2)
  end
end

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On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:36 PM, powertoaster<powertoaster at
hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I see June 13, 2009 on my index page when running in development.
>
> I get this
> 2.
> <false> is not true.
This is not an rspec failure message. What other gems do you have at play?

Also, what versions of rspec, rspec-rails, ruby, rails, OS, etc?

http://wiki.github.com/dchelimsky/rspec/get-in-touch
>
> require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) +
''/../../spec_helper'')
>
> describe "/timesheets/index.html.erb" do
> ?include TimesheetsHelper
>
> ?before(:each) do
> ? ?assigns[:timesheets] = [
> ? ? ? ? ? ?stub_model(Timesheets,
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :tsdate =>
Date.parse(''2009-6-13''),
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :off => false,
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :vacation => 9.99,
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :holiday => 9.99,
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :closed => false,
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :comment => "value for comment",
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :admin_comment => "value for
admin_comment",
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :approved => false
> ? ? ? ? ? ?),
> ? ? ? ? ? ?stub_model(Timesheets,
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :tsdate =>
Date.parse(''2009-6-13''),
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :off => false,
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :vacation => 9.99,
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :holiday => 9.99,
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :closed => false,
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :comment => "value for comment",
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :admin_comment => "value for
admin_comment",
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :approved => false
> ? ? ? ? ? ?)
> ? ?]
> ?end
>
> ?it "renders a list of timesheets" do
> ? ?render
> ? ?response.should have_tag("tr>td",
"2009-06-13".to_s, 2) <++++++++ This
> where it fails +++++>
> ? ?response.should have_tag("tr>td", false.to_s, 2)
> ? ?response.should have_tag("tr>td", 9.99.to_s, 2)
> ? ?response.should have_tag("tr>td", 9.99.to_s, 2)
> ? ?response.should have_tag("tr>td", false.to_s, 2)
> ? ?response.should have_tag("tr>td", "value for
comment".to_s, 2)
> ? ?response.should have_tag("tr>td", "value for
admin_comment".to_s, 2)
> ? ?response.should have_tag("tr>td", false.to_s, 2)
> ?end
> end
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This is not an rspec failure message. What other gems do you have at play?

Also, what versions of rspec, rspec-rails, ruby, rails, OS, etc?

http://wiki.github.com/dchelimsky/rspec/get-in-touch

Rails 2.3.2
Ruby 1.8
Rspec 1.2.6
calendar_date_select 1.15 (I am not using this on the index page)
validates_date_time plugin in the model
(agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/validates_date_time)

Running on windows using RubyMine 1.1.

I am using the default index.html.erb_spec.rb file generated from the
rspec-scaffold generator but added the fields for the tsdate since the
generator ignored that field for all of the view specs. It is in the model
stuff but none of the view specs. I assumed that it did not like the date
datatype in views.

In my index page I do use a custom date formatter
timesheets.tsdate.to_s(:timesheet) which I have defined in an initializers
time_formats.rb file.
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I fixed this problem, I was only checking for a partial string rather than
the full string in the element. The way I discovere dit for those who are
interested was by printing out the response.body object so that I could view
the actuall content I was testing against.:jumping:
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