Nil object error during integration test

hello all,

I have a simple test case that load home page.
When I run test i got following error.

test_load_site_with_out_errors(UserScenariosTest)
[test/integration/user_scenarios_test.rb:18:in get_home_page' test/integration/user_scenarios_test.rb:7:intest_load_site_with_out_error
s’
F:/Aflatune_Community_Engine/aflatune/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active
_support/testing/setup_and_teardown.rb:60:in __send__' F:/Aflatune_Community_Engine/aflatune/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active _support/testing/setup_and_teardown.rb:60:inrun’
F:/Aflatune_Community_Engine/aflatune/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_co
ntroller/integration.rb:597:in `run’]:
Expected response to be a <:success>, but was <500>
<“You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it!\nThe error occurred
while eva
luating nil.downcase”>

2 tests, 1 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors


user_scenarios_test.rb

require “#{File.dirname(FILE)}/…/test_helper”
class UserScenariosTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
fixtures :users

Load home page with out error

def test_load_site_with_out_errors
get_home_page
end

private
def get_home_page
get “/home/index”
assert_response :success
assert_template “index”
end

end

can anyone tell me about this error and solution.

Thanks,
Vikas.

can anyone tell me about this error and solution.

It seems that somewhere in your code you are doing something.downcase,
and at that point something is nil:

<“You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it!\nThe error occurred
while evaluating nil.downcase”>

However, Rails questions are best directed to a Rails forum or mailing
list.

Regards,

Brian.