rspec users - Apr 2011 - "can't convert Symbol into Integer" error with Rspec and Mongoid

I''m running into this error while trying to run a unit test on a
Mongoid database:

  def show
    id=params[:id]
    @user=User.find(:first,id)
  end

My test

  before(:each) do
    @user = Fabricate(:user)
    sign_in @user
  end
  ...
  it "should be successful" do
    get "show", :id => @user
    response.should be_success
  end

And the error message

  1) UsersController GET ''show'' for the logged in user should
be
successful
     Failure/Error: get "show", :id => @user
     TypeError:
       can''t convert Symbol into Integer
     # ./app/controllers/users_controller.rb:6:in `show''
     # ./spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb:31:in `block (4
levels) in <top (required)>''


Does anyone know why this keeps happening and what I can do to fix
it?

Hi,

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 05:32, planon <spocksplanet at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I''m running into this error while trying to run a unit test on a
> Mongoid database:
>
> ?def show
> ? ?id=params[:id]
> ? ?@user=User.find(:first,id)
> ?end
>
> My test
>
> ?before(:each) do
> ? ?@user = Fabricate(:user)
> ? ?sign_in @user
> ?end
> ?...
> ?it "should be successful" do
> ? ?get "show", :id => @user
> ? ?response.should be_success
> ?end
>
> And the error message
>
> ?1) UsersController GET ''show'' for the logged in user
should be
> successful
> ? ? Failure/Error: get "show", :id => @user
> ? ? TypeError:
> ? ? ? can''t convert Symbol into Integer
> ? ? # ./app/controllers/users_controller.rb:6:in `show''
> ? ? # ./spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb:31:in `block (4
> levels) in <top (required)>''
Try adding to_param in your spec:

  get "show", :id => @user.to_param

What''s happening is the "show" action receives the entire
user object
in params[:id] instead of just an id.

Mike