On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 6:54 AM, jollyroger <timo.roess...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I'm having a serious rspec-problem at the moment: > > I keep getting strange, empty validation errors when I run the whole > spec-suite: > > ################################################################# > 1) > ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid in 'LikesController DELETE destroy' should > change like-count' > Validation failed: > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ > active_record/validations.rb:1090:in `save_without_dirty!' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ > active_record/dirty.rb:87:in `save_without_transactions!' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ > active_record/transactions.rb:200:in `save!' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ > active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb: > 136:in `transaction' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ > active_record/transactions.rb:182:in `transaction' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ > active_record/transactions.rb:200:in `save!' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ > active_record/transactions.rb:208:in `rollback_active_record_state!' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ > active_record/transactions.rb:200:in `save!' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/factory_girl-1.2.3/lib/ > factory_girl/proxy/create.rb:6:in `result' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/factory_girl-1.2.3/lib/ > factory_girl/factory.rb:316:in `run' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/factory_girl-1.2.3/lib/ > factory_girl/factory.rb:260:in `create' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/factory_girl-1.2.3/lib/ > factory_girl/proxy/build.rb:17:in `associate' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/factory_girl-1.2.3/lib/ > factory_girl/attribute/association.rb:15:in `add_to' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/factory_girl-1.2.3/lib/ > factory_girl/factory.rb:313:in `run' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/factory_girl-1.2.3/lib/ > factory_girl/factory.rb:311:in `each' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/factory_girl-1.2.3/lib/ > factory_girl/factory.rb:311:in `run' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/factory_girl-1.2.3/lib/ > factory_girl/factory.rb:260:in `create' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/factory_girl-1.2.3/lib/ > factory_girl/factory.rb:291:in `send' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/factory_girl-1.2.3/lib/ > factory_girl/factory.rb:291:in `default_strategy' > my_project/vendor/bundled_gems/gems/factory_girl-1.2.3/lib/ > factory_girl.rb:21:in `Factory' > ./spec/controllers/likes_controller_spec.rb:46: > ################################################################# > > Here is the corresponding spec: > > ################################################################# > it "should change like-count" do > we_are_logged_in_as(get_member_user) > entry = Factory(:entry) > Factory(:like, :user => get_member_user, :entry => entry) > lambda do > post 'destroy', :entry_id => entry.id > end.should change(Like, :count).by(-1) > response.should be_success > end > ################################################################# > > Trouble-Shooting turns out to be difficult: > > The spec itself seems to be correct, when running the spec-file alone > I don't get any errors. > I only get this error when running the whole spec-suite - running the > single spec file is fine: > > ################################################################# > spec spec/controllers/likes_controller_spec.rb > Example disabled: should change like-count on success > ... > > Finished in 0.756284 seconds > > 3 examples, 0 failures > ################################################################# > > I have a lot of other specs failing in the very same way. > The errors itself are confusing - empty validation error messages are > utterly meaningless. > > I suspect that there is something going wrong with all the stubbing / > mocking within in my specs. > > To be concrete: > > I suspect that something like: > > Foo.any_instance.stubs(:bar).returns.... > > within a spec isn't properly isolated from the other specs, thus > causing strange validation errors. > > What do you guys think? > How could I narrow down this error further? > > Sys-Info: > OS: Ubuntu 9.10 > spec -v > rspec 1.3.0 > Mocking / Stubbing: Mocha 0.9.8
Take a look at this thread and see if it helps: http://groups.google.com/group/mocha-developer/browse_thread/thread/5c2b8b28f700bb17?hl=en _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
