# File\_column and fixtures **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 21, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-and-fixtures/112636 "2007-08-21T17:21:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nicholas_W)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-and-fixtures/112636/1 "2007-08-21T17:21:57Z")
Hi \*, I have a problem in creating fixtures for models with file\_column columns. superman: id: 1 image: superman.png This generates: 1. Error: test\_vote\_creation\_and\_deletion(VoteTest): Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - /Users/ngw/zooppa/ config/…/public/assets/image/image/1/superman.png /Users/ngw/zooppa/config/…/vendor/plugins/file\_column/lib/ validations.rb:65:in `size' /Users/ngw/zooppa/config/../vendor/plugins/file_column/lib/ validations.rb:65:in`validates\_filesize\_of’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/validations.rb:302:in `validates_each' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/validations.rb:299:in`each’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/validations.rb:299:in `validates_each' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/validations.rb:822:in`call’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/validations.rb:822:in `run_validations' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/validations.rb:816:in`each’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/validations.rb:816:in `run_validations' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/validations.rb:780:in`valid\_without\_callbacks?’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/callbacks.rb:299:in `valid?' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb:123:in`send’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/associations/association\_proxy.rb:123:in `method_missing' /Users/ngw/zooppa/config/../app/models/ad.rb:32:in`before\_save’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/callbacks.rb:348:in `send' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/callbacks.rb:348:in`callback’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/callbacks.rb:241:in `create_or_update' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/base.rb:1545:in`save\_without\_validation’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/validations.rb:752:in `save_without_transactions' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/transactions.rb:129:in`save’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/database\_statements.rb: 59:in `transaction' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/transactions.rb:95:in`transaction’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/transactions.rb:121:in `transaction' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/transactions.rb:129:in`save’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/associations/association\_proxy.rb:123:in `send' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb:123:in`method\_missing’ /Users/ngw/zooppa/config/…/app/models/vote.rb:32:in `after_create' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/callbacks.rb:348:in`send’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/callbacks.rb:348:in `callback' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/callbacks.rb:255:in`create\_without\_timestamps’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/timestamp.rb:39:in `create' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/base.rb:1789:in`create\_or\_update\_without\_callbacks’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/callbacks.rb:242:in `create_or_update' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/base.rb:1545:in`save\_without\_validation’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/validations.rb:752:in `save_without_transactions' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/transactions.rb:129:in`save’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/database\_statements.rb: 59:in `transaction' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/transactions.rb:95:in`transaction’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active\_record/transactions.rb:121:in `transaction' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ active_record/transactions.rb:129:in`save’ ./test/unit/vote\_test.rb:16:in `test_vote_creation_and_deletion' ./test/unit/vote_test.rb:13:in`times’ ./test/unit/vote\_test.rb:13:in `test\_vote\_creation\_and\_deletion’ What I don’t understand is why fixtures work for certain models and doesn’t work for others … I wrote unit tests for the Image model, but Rails complains about tests of another model that just loads those fixtures … Someone has an idea ? ngw – Nicholas W. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nicholas_W)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-and-fixtures/112636/2 "2007-08-21T17:29:01Z")
From the looks of the error message, it looks like a validation is failing. Does /Users/ngw/zooppa/config/…/public/assets/image/image/1/superman.png exist? Nicholas W. wrote: > test\_vote\_creation\_and\_deletion(VoteTest): > /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active\_record/validations.rb:299:in > `valid_without_callbacks?' `callback’ > /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active\_record/transactions.rb:95:in > /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active\_record/callbacks.rb:348:in > `create\_or\_update’ > /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active\_record/transactions.rb:121:in > but Rails complains about tests of another model that just loads those > > > – Sincerely, William P. [http://www.billpratt.net](http://www.billpratt.net) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nicholas_W)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-and-fixtures/112636/3 "2007-08-21T18:06:09Z")
Il giorno 21/ago/07, alle ore 17:27, William P. ha scritto: > From the looks of the error message, it looks like a validation is > failing. Does /Users/ngw/zooppa/config/…/public/assets/image/image/ > 1/superman.png exist? No, at all. But all the other fixtures work, I thought I could fake it. I also have no idea on how to upload a file inside fixtures, so … You use file\_column ? How do you write fixtures ? TIA, ngw – Nicholas W. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nicholas_W)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-and-fixtures/112636/4 "2007-08-21T21:39:45Z")
Fixtures use your model to load the data, so in order to use a fixture, the data supplied must pass any validation you have in your model. One possibility would be to leave that column empty in your fixture and dynamically populate it in a test / helper. I don’t actually use that plugin, so I can’t really help there, but it seems you may need to dig into how it works a bit and glue something together. Does that plugin come with a test helper that you can use? Fixtures are processed as erb files so if there is a helper you can use to load data into that field, you could use it like: image\_column: \<%= helper\_method -%\> Hope this helps to at least steer you in the proper direction. Nicholas W. wrote: > You use file\_column ? How do you write fixtures ? > > > – Sincerely, William P.