On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Scott Taylor <sc...@railsnewbie.com> wrote: > > On Mar 27, 2009, at 4:38 PM, jakepaul wrote: > >> >> I can't figure out what is causing this problem. I'm using the latest >> rspec >> and rspec-rails gems on rails 2.3.2. >> >> When I run autospec, the tests in the model spec that I am editing will >> all >> fail. The error messages are like this: >> >> ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid in 'Job new record should create a new record >> given valid attributes' >> Validation failed: >> >> (Nothing after Validation Failed:, just blank). It doesn't matter what >> attributes I pass to create the new model, and it doesn't matter if I do >> it >> using a regular create! method or using Machinist, the same error happens. >> >> Now, if I make a change, autospec will run the specs from that one model >> spec again, and they will all pass. Then it runs all of my specs again and >> that's when the specific spec I'm editing fails (only when it runs all the >> specs). When I run rake spec:models or rake spec:controllers, everything >> passes as it should. So I figured it might have something to do with the >> controller specs, and if I remove those, autospec passes again. Then if I >> put the controller specs back, autospec still passes. It only starts >> failing >> if I again edit the model specs. >> >> This is happening in multiple models, not just one. It's making it >> impossible to work with, so I'd really appreciate any thoughts you might >> have. Thank you! >> > > Your problem is one of load order. > > I'd suggest running the debugger at the start of your failing spec: > > it "should ..." do > require 'rubygems'; require 'ruby-debug'; debugger > > ... > end
Or, if you're using rspec-1.2.2, just: it "should ...." do debugger and then use the --debugger option on the command line :) Cheers, David > > Run the specs in the failing case, and debug from there. > > Scott > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
