rspec users - Jan 2011 - session variable not available in global before(:each, :type => :controller)

Hi, I''m refactoring some specs, in controller specs I have a
before(:each) which sets up things required in the session, wanted to avoid
duplication and put the initial setup global for each controller spec

my before filter is...

config.before(:each, :type => :controller) do
  #... 
  session[:current_user] = @user
  session[:instance] = @instance
  #...
end

@user and @instance are also set in this before(:each) i''ve just hidden
them for readability here

I get the following error when running the controller tests

undefined method `session'' for nil:NilClass
I would expect the global before callbacks to have the same things as the ones
in the individual tests but I guess maybe they are loaded before the rails
environment has been initialised?

Thanks

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On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 4:07 AM, Rob Aldred <Rob.aldred at
stardotstar.com> wrote:
> Hi, I''m refactoring some specs, in controller specs I have a
before(:each) which sets up things required in the session, wanted to avoid
duplication and put the initial setup global for each controller spec
>
> my before filter is...
>
> config.before(:each, :type => :controller) do
> ?#...
> ?session[:current_user] = @user
> ?session[:instance] = @instance
> ?#...
> end
>
> @user and @instance are also set in this before(:each) i''ve just
hidden them for readability here
>
> I get the following error when running the controller tests
>
> undefined method `session'' for nil:NilClass
> I would expect the global before callbacks to have the same things as the
ones in the individual tests but I guess maybe they are loaded before the rails
environment has been initialised?
That''s correct. I think this is a bug. Please report to
http://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/issues.

Thx,
David