On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Pito Salas <lists at ruby-forum.com>
wrote:> I am taking over a code base and am trying to run the tests. I am
> somewhat new to RSpec so this might be a trivial problem.
>
> Basically I can tell that the fixtures are not getting loaded. All 100
> tests fail with a similar error.
>
> But I don''t know why. ?Below is the code, with my narrative with
***
> before it... Can you see anything or give me a clue where to look. So
> far I am coming up empty...
>
> Thanks!
>
> Pito Salas
>
> **** In spec_helper.rb, which I know is running, I see:
>
> Spec::Runner.configure do |config|
> ?config.global_fixtures = :all
> end
>
> **** One of the tests in spec/controllers/downloads_controller_spec.rb
> is below. I know it is running and I know that before the
''describe'',
> Partner.count == 0, so no fixture.
>
> require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) +
''/../spec_helper'')
>
> describe DownloadsController do
> ?integrate_views
>
> ?describe "when PDF is ready" do
> ? ?before(:each) do
> ? ? ?@registrant = Factory.create(:step_5_registrant)
> ? ? ?stub(@registrant).merge_pdf { `touch #{@registrant.pdf_file_path}`
> }
> ? ? ?@registrant.generate_pdf
> ? ? ?@registrant.save!
> ? ?end
>
> ? ?it "provides a link to download the PDF" do
> ? ? ?get :show, :registrant_id => @registrant.to_param
> ? ? ?assert_not_nil assigns[:registrant]
> ? ? ?assert_response :success
> ? ? ?assert_template "show"
> ? ? ?assert_select "span.button a[target=_blank]"
> ? ? ?assert_select "span.button a[onclick]"
> ? ?end
>
> ? ?after(:each) do
> ? ? ?`rm #{@registrant.pdf_file_path}`
> ? ?end
> ?end
>
> **** And here is what in various directories:
>
> spec/fixtures/partners.yml - which contains 2 yaml records:
>
> sponsor:
> ?id: 1
> ?username: rtv
> ?email: rocky at example.com
> ?crypted_password:
>
"c8e5b51b237344fe0e72539af0cac7197f094a5e933ffacf6e7fa612363c5933f520710c6427ac31fc4c68a2d7bb48eae601c74b96e7838f9ca1a0740b67576a"
> ?password_salt: "Y4PPzYx2ert3vC0OhEMo"
> ?name: Rocky
> ?organization: Rock The Vote
> ?url: http://rockthevote.com
> ?address: 123 Wherever
> ?city: Washington
> ?state_id: 9
> ?zip_code: 20001
> ?phone: 555-555-1234
> ?survey_question_1_en: "What school did you go to?"
> ?survey_question_2_en: "What is your favorite musical group?"
> ?created_at: <%= Time.now %>
> ?updated_at: <%= Time.now %>
> # TODO: remove partner 2 in production
> partner:
> ?id: 2
> ?username: bull_winkle
> ?email: bull_winkle at example.com
> ?crypted_password:
>
"c8e5b51b237344fe0e72539af0cac7197f094a5e933ffacf6e7fa612363c5933f520710c6427ac31fc4c68a2d7bb48eae601c74b96e7838f9ca1a0740b67576a"
> ?password_salt: "Y4PPzYx2ert3vC0OhEMo"
> ?name: Bullwinkle
> ?organization: Bullwinkle, Inc.
> ?url: http://example.com
> ?address: 123 Wherever
> ?city: Washington
> ?state_id: 9
> ?zip_code: 20001
> ?phone: 555-555-1234
> ?survey_question_1_en: "What school did you go to?"
> ?survey_question_2_en: "What is your favorite musical group?"
> ?created_at: <%= Time.now %>
> ?updated_at: <%= Time.now %>
What''s the actual failure/error message you''re seeing? Also,
what
happens when you set `fixtures :users` directly in one of the example
groups e.g.
describe DownloadsController do
integrate_views
fixtures :users