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I have a functional test class that uses the "topics" fixture. I verified that the fixture is loaded into the database by doing this: assert_equal 2, Topic.find_all.size So I should have an instance variable called @topics and instance variables for each of the rows in the fixture, in this case, @first and @another. But all those variables are nil inside my test method. Is that

I''m new to Ruby and RoR but excited to learn what I can do with RoR; I have Pickaxe second edition and want to get "Agile Web Development with Rails" but I''m aware that the book was published some while before RoR version 1.0 was released. Has a lot changed since then, and would I therefore be advised to wait for a second edition of AWDwR? Many thanks in advance

I''m working on a simple product catalog. Products have user defined attributes, such as: color, size, weight. More attributes can be added at any time. Since these attributes are not known ahead of time, they cannot be created as columns. My table structure (simplified): products -------- id name attrs -------- id name product_attrs -------- id attr_id value And some sample code: ##