rspec users - Mar 2012 - 'new' method works as expected but rspec does not recognise flash contents or redirection

hi all :)

 Found a spec failing today.
Not sure why.

 When I run my application and successfully added a new object, i can
see
1) a redirection has taken place to the index page as expected (302
code returned) from the console
2) the flash notice''s message being displayed in the index page

BUT
when I run the specs (see below), it fails indicating that the
redirection did not occur (as a 200 code was returned) AND
that the flash notice message was nil.


---------specs error start -------------------------------------

  1) PartsController saves the new part object successfully sets the
flash with a success message
     Failure/Error: flash[:notice].should eq(''Part was successfully
created.'')

       expected: "Part was successfully created."
            got: nil

       (compared using ==)
     # ./spec/controllers/parts_controller_spec.rb:35:in `block (3
levels) in <top (required)>''

  2) PartsController saves the new part object successfully redirects
the user back to the parts index page
     Failure/Error: response.should redirect_to( :action =>
''index'' )
       Expected response to be a <:redirect>, but was <200>
     # ./spec/controllers/parts_controller_spec.rb:39:in `block (3
levels) in <top (required)>''

--------- specs error end   -------------------------------------

--------- extract of spec/controllers/parts_controller_spec.rb - start
------------------

  context ''saves the new part object successfully'' do
        before(:each) do
            post :create, :part => { ''title'' =>
''HKS boost
controller'' }
        end

        # we could combine the 2 specs below to save on the post
request
        # to the create action but having 2 separate specs would give
        # clarity
        it ''sets the flash with a success message'' do
            flash[:notice].should eq(''Part was successfully
created.'')
        end

        it ''redirects the user back to the parts index page''
do
            response.should redirect_to( :action => ''index''
)
        end
    end

--------- extract of spec/controllers/parts_controller_spec.rb - end
------------------


I''m not sure what''s going on :(




--------  "parts_controller.rb" - start
-------------------------------

  # POST /parts
  # POST /parts.xml
  def create
    # Record current user''s id as he/she created the part
    params[:part][:created_by] = current_user.id
    params[:part][:updated_by] = current_user.id

    @part = Part.new(params[:part])
    respond_to do |format|
        if @part.save
            flash[:notice] = ''Part was successfully created.''
            format.html { redirect_to(parts_path) }
            format.xml  { render :xml => @part, :status
=> :created, :location => @part }
            format.json  {
                @parts = Part.all;
                render :json => @parts
            }
        else
            format.html { render :action => "new" }
            format.xml  { render :xml => @part.errors, :status
=> :unprocessable_entity }
        end
    end
  end


--------  "parts_controller.rb" - end  -------------------------------

Guys,

  Not sure why but I deleted my Gemfile.lock file.  Found that it''s due
to
a stale Gemfile.lock file which is still using rspec-core 2.8.0 when in
fact I just performed and update yesterday night on rspec (hence I''ve
got
rspec-core 2.9.0).
  Ran "rspec parts_controller.spec.rb" again and all tests are
passing.

 Could it really be the stale Gemfile.lock file? hmmm


On 26 March 2012 21:47, Gordon <anexiole at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi all :)
>
>  Found a spec failing today.
> Not sure why.
>
>  When I run my application and successfully added a new object, i can
> see
> 1) a redirection has taken place to the index page as expected (302
> code returned) from the console
> 2) the flash notice''s message being displayed in the index page
>
> BUT
> when I run the specs (see below), it fails indicating that the
> redirection did not occur (as a 200 code was returned) AND
> that the flash notice message was nil.
>
>
> ---------specs error start -------------------------------------
>
>  1) PartsController saves the new part object successfully sets the
> flash with a success message
>     Failure/Error: flash[:notice].should eq(''Part was successfully
> created.'')
>
>       expected: "Part was successfully created."
>            got: nil
>
>       (compared using ==)
>     # ./spec/controllers/parts_controller_spec.rb:35:in `block (3
> levels) in <top (required)>''
>
>  2) PartsController saves the new part object successfully redirects
> the user back to the parts index page
>     Failure/Error: response.should redirect_to( :action =>
''index'' )
>       Expected response to be a <:redirect>, but was <200>
>     # ./spec/controllers/parts_controller_spec.rb:39:in `block (3
> levels) in <top (required)>''
>
> --------- specs error end   -------------------------------------
>
> --------- extract of spec/controllers/parts_controller_spec.rb - start
> ------------------
>
>  context ''saves the new part object successfully'' do
>        before(:each) do
>            post :create, :part => { ''title'' =>
''HKS boost
> controller'' }
>        end
>
>        # we could combine the 2 specs below to save on the post
> request
>        # to the create action but having 2 separate specs would give
>        # clarity
>        it ''sets the flash with a success message'' do
>            flash[:notice].should eq(''Part was successfully
created.'')
>        end
>
>        it ''redirects the user back to the parts index
page'' do
>            response.should redirect_to( :action =>
''index'' )
>        end
>    end
>
> --------- extract of spec/controllers/parts_controller_spec.rb - end
> ------------------
>
>
> I''m not sure what''s going on :(
>
>
>
>
> --------  "parts_controller.rb" - start
> -------------------------------
>
>  # POST /parts
>  # POST /parts.xml
>  def create
>    # Record current user''s id as he/she created the part
>    params[:part][:created_by] = current_user.id
>    params[:part][:updated_by] = current_user.id
>
>    @part = Part.new(params[:part])
>    respond_to do |format|
>        if @part.save
>            flash[:notice] = ''Part was successfully
created.''
>            format.html { redirect_to(parts_path) }
>            format.xml  { render :xml => @part, :status
> => :created, :location => @part }
>            format.json  {
>                @parts = Part.all;
>                render :json => @parts
>            }
>        else
>            format.html { render :action => "new" }
>            format.xml  { render :xml => @part.errors, :status
> => :unprocessable_entity }
>        end
>    end
>  end
>
>
> --------  "parts_controller.rb" - end 
-------------------------------
>
>
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