rspec users - Jul 2010 - controller.should_receive(:render) problem

Hi.

My issue is similar to the one in this post:
http://groups.google.com/group/rspec/browse_thread/thread/973d770e45bdd6cd/8ba067476003f08f?lnk=gst&q=render+controller+should_receive#8ba067476003f08f

(which, btw, I could not reply to...only option was "Reply to Author")
where I have a RESTful controller.  I want create to redirect/render
the new action if the model fails to save with the supplied form
values.  Pretty basic and typical stuff.

In Rails, if I use

redirect_to(new_my_model_path)

then the entered values along with the error_messages on the object
are lost and I can''t re-fill the form or list the errors.  If I use

render :action => "new"

then I keep all the request data and can use it to fill in form, etc.

In my spec, if I use

controller.should_receive(:render).with({:action=>"new"})

I get an expectation error that render is never called.  This is true
if I remove the .with() as well.

If y''all could let me know either 1) Why my redirect_to vs render
argument is flawed and/or 2) What I am doing wrong in the spec, I''d
appreciate it.

Thanks,
Ruprict

On Jul 12, 2010, at 4:18 AM, Ruprict wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> My issue is similar to the one in this post:
>
http://groups.google.com/group/rspec/browse_thread/thread/973d770e45bdd6cd/8ba067476003f08f?lnk=gst&q=render+controller+should_receive#8ba067476003f08f
> 
> (which, btw, I could not reply to...only option was "Reply to
Author")
> where I have a RESTful controller.  I want create to redirect/render
> the new action if the model fails to save with the supplied form
> values.  Pretty basic and typical stuff.
> 
> In Rails, if I use
> 
> redirect_to(new_my_model_path)
> 
> then the entered values along with the error_messages on the object
> are lost and I can''t re-fill the form or list the errors.  If I
use
> 
> render :action => "new"
> 
> then I keep all the request data and can use it to fill in form, etc.
> 
> In my spec, if I use
> 
> controller.should_receive(:render).with({:action=>"new"})
> 
> I get an expectation error that render is never called.  This is true
> if I remove the .with() as well.
> 
> If y''all could let me know either 1) Why my redirect_to vs render
> argument is flawed and/or 2) What I am doing wrong in the spec,
I''d
> appreciate it.
Please post the code in the failing spec and the new action, along with the
backtrace of the error you''re getting.

Thx,
David
> 
> Thanks,
> Ruprict