This should have been the giveaway
> undefined method 'status' for #<*Hash*...>
In your before you're assigning @address to the parameters, not to a new
address
@address = {:foo => 'bar'}
instead of
@address = Address.new({:foo => 'bar'})
-V
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Matt Riches <mattric...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fair point, thought you could also assume that the omissions are down to my
> newness at RSpec and RoR :-)
>
> The whole of the code is rather large, I am being asked to retrofit rspec
> onto the code base as things are changed, so I am only showing what I think
> are the relevent things..
>
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> class Address < ActiveRecord::Base
>
>
> #Status Codes as Constants
> JUST_REGISTERED = 0
>
> DELETED = 1
>
> DECLINED = 2
>
> APPROVED = 3
>
> def status
>
> DELETED
> end
>
> def reset
> #We don't actually delete the record
> #Instead a status field is set
> #And all the data is blanked for data protection reasons
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> self.status = DELETED
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> self.business_name = ''
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> self.first_line = ''
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> self.second_line = ''
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> self.town = ''
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> self.county = ''
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> self.postcode = ''
> #MR - added in the following fields
> self.lat = 0.0
>
> self.lng = 0.0
>
> self.route_id = 0
>
> self.save
> end
> #.. other code elided
> end
>
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> require 'spec_helper'
>
> describe Address do
> #Test Fixture - Before Each test Create a Standard Bread with the following
> attributes and properties
> before(:each) do
>
> @address = {
>
> :business_name => 'business', :first_line => '10, This Street',
> :second_line=> 'erewhon', :town=> 'town', :county=>'county',
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> :postcode =>'AB12 3CD', :user_id => 1, :lat=>1.01, :lng=>2.02,
> :status=>Address::JUST_REGISTERED, :route_id=>1
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> }
> end
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> it "should have a status of deleted after reset" do
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> @address.reset
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> @address.status.should == :Address::DELETED
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> end
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> end
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> Thanks David as well, but Tom was right, it was my typing that caused that
> issue.
>
> Regards
>
> Matt
>
> 2009/12/14 Tom Stuart <t...@experthuman.com>
>
>> On 14 Dec 2009, at 20:36, Matt Riches wrote:
>>
>> > 1) Why are my methods undefined, when they are there (I can create the
>> object via script/console and call the status and reset methods and see them
>> work)
>> > 2) What is the best way of resolving the issue
>>
>> You'd be much better off using pastie.org to show us the real code that's
>> having the problem, because your example contains all sorts of omissions and
>> typos (which is likely to be the sort of thing that causes your problem!)
>> and it's impossible to tell how much of it is wrong in the original code
>> versus how much was introduced by you rewriting it as an example.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -Tom
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