rspec users - Jun 2012 - 2 almost identical tests need different assertions to work and I can't figure out why

Hey everyone, I am learning bdd and do deffently like it on the whole. I
ran into a strange situation I got around it but it left a question in
my mind and I would appreciate help in removing it ;)

So hear is what happened

test for one model:

it "Should protect id from mass assignment" do
    attributes = @user.attributes
    attributes[''id''] = 42
    lambda do
      User.create(attributes).id.should_not equal 42
    end.should raise_error ActiveModel::MassAssignmentSecurity::Error
end

passes

test for another model

it "Should not allow ID to be mass assigned" do
      attributes = @dispensary.attributes
      attributes[''id''] = 42
      disp = Dispensary.create( attributes )
      disp.id.should_not equal 42
end

also passes

if I write a similar test for the first one instead of checking the
exception like
[code]
it "Should not allow ID to be mass assigned" do
      attributes = @dispensary.attributes
      attributes[''id''] = 42
      disp = Dispensary.create( attributes )
      disp.id.should_not equal 42
  end

Rspec stops because an error was raised. I am confused what variable am
I missing thank you

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On Jun 16, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Tyrel R. wrote:
> Hey everyone, I am learning bdd and do deffently like it on the whole. I
> ran into a strange situation I got around it but it left a question in
> my mind and I would appreciate help in removing it ;)
> 
> So hear is what happened
> 
> test for one model:
> 
> it "Should protect id from mass assignment" do
>    attributes = @user.attributes
>    attributes[''id''] = 42
>    lambda do
>      User.create(attributes).id.should_not equal 42
>    end.should raise_error ActiveModel::MassAssignmentSecurity::Error
> end
> 
> passes
> 
> test for another model
> 
> it "Should not allow ID to be mass assigned" do
>      attributes = @dispensary.attributes
>      attributes[''id''] = 42
>      disp = Dispensary.create( attributes )
>      disp.id.should_not equal 42
> end
> 
> also passes
> 
> if I write a similar test for the first one instead of checking the
> exception like
> [code]
> it "Should not allow ID to be mass assigned" do
>      attributes = @dispensary.attributes
>      attributes[''id''] = 42
>      disp = Dispensary.create( attributes )
>      disp.id.should_not equal 42
>  end
> 
> Rspec stops because an error was raised. I am confused what variable am
> I missing thank you
> 
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What is the error message?....