# Functional tsts **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 6, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/functional-tsts/97305 "2006-07-06T08:47:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Naga\_harish\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/90ced4/32.png) [@Naga\_harish\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Naga_harish_K)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/functional-tsts/97305/1 "2006-07-06T08:47:13Z")
Hi all, ``` I have created projects module in my application using scaffold, ``` and it created me everything, and all the modules are working except the functional test. This is the error 1. Failure: test\_create(ProjectsControllerTest) [test/functional/projects\_controller\_test.rb :55]: Expected response to be a \<:redirect\>, but was \<200\> 8 tests, 25 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors 50 def test\_create 51 num\_projects = Project.count 52 53 post :create, :project =\> {} 54 55 assert\_response :redirect 56 assert\_redirected\_to :action =\> ‘list’ 57 58 assert\_equal num\_projects + 1, Project.count 59 end Thanks in Advance -Harish ---
**Author:** ![Naga\_harish\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/90ced4/32.png) [@Naga\_harish\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Naga_harish_K)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 11:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/functional-tsts/97305/2 "2006-07-06T11:39:08Z")
Naga Harish K. wrote: > Hi all, > > ``` > I have created projects module in my application using scaffold, > > ``` > > and it created me everything, and all the modules are working except the > functional test. This is the error > > 1. Failure: > test\_create(ProjectsControllerTest) > [test/functional/projects\_controller\_test.rb > :55]: > Expected response to be a \<:redirect\>, but was \<200\> > > 8 tests, 25 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors > > 50 def test\_create > 51 num\_projects = Project.count > 52 > 53 post :create, :project =\> {} > 54 > 55 assert\_response :redirect > 56 assert\_redirected\_to :action =\> ‘list’ > 57 > 58 assert\_equal num\_projects + 1, Project.count > 59 end > > Thanks in Advance > > -Harish Hi Harish. So, your create method in projects\_controller.rb is not redirecting like you expected it to. Do you maybe have some validation in the project.rb model that is preventing the creation of a new project with no attributes? If you post the relevant bit of projects\_controller.rb and you project.rb model it would make it easier to see what’s gone wrong. Robert J. ---
**Author:** ![Naga\_harish\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/90ced4/32.png) [@Naga\_harish\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Naga_harish_K)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 11:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/functional-tsts/97305/3 "2006-07-06T11:45:10Z")
Surely Robert J., ``` I'm sending you the piece of code. ``` project.rb:: class Project \< ActiveRecord::Base belongs\_to:user has\_many:pictures validates\_presence\_of :name,:with =\> //,:message =\> "is Invalid " validates\_presence\_of :description,:with =\> //,:message =\> "is Invalid " end projects\_controller.rb:: def create @project = Project.new(params[:project]) if @project.save flash[:notice] = ‘Project was successfully created.’ redirect\_to :action =\> ‘list’ else render :action =\> ‘new’ end end ~Harish ---
**Author:** ![Naga\_harish\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/90ced4/32.png) [@Naga\_harish\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Naga_harish_K)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/functional-tsts/97305/4 "2006-07-06T16:11:45Z")
The line in your test doesn’t give the values needed. I think you should have something like: post :create, :project =\> { :name =\> ‘A name’, :description =\> ‘This is a description’ } Instead of: post :create, :project =\> {} ---
**Author:** ![Naga\_harish\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/90ced4/32.png) [@Naga\_harish\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Naga_harish_K)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/functional-tsts/97305/5 "2006-07-06T18:50:19Z")
On 7/6/06, Jordan E. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > The line in your test doesn’t give the values needed. I think you > should have something like: > > post :create, :project =\> { :name =\> ‘A name’, :description =\> ‘This > is a description’ } > > Instead of: > > post :create, :project =\> {} This is exactly correct, project.save is failing because of the validates\_presence\_of. But you’re on to a good point about testing, you should be doing negative and positive tests to make sure that when it fails it does exactly what you want it to. So keep the test you have and add a new test that checks valid input as well. Woot, two tests for the price of one! Cheers, Chuck V. ---
**Author:** ![Naga\_harish\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/90ced4/32.png) [@Naga\_harish\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Naga_harish_K)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 9:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/functional-tsts/97305/6 "2006-07-07T09:07:16Z")
Chuck V. wrote: > This is exactly correct, project.save is failing because of the > validates\_presence\_of. Hi, I removed the “validates\_presence\_of” then i got working good. Thanku very much… ~Harish ---
**Author:** ![Naga\_harish\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/90ced4/32.png) [@Naga\_harish\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Naga_harish_K)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/functional-tsts/97305/7 "2006-07-07T21:53:22Z")
Well, don’t forget to put it back in. You see, your tests were actually working correctly - they were telling you that your code, the code being tested, is not functioning as you expected it to. Perhaps it would have been better to rename your test to indicate that you are expecting it to get a 200 response, and then write another test to check out whether or not the redirect is happening? Hope that helps * * * Peter Wright removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Personal Blog → [http://peterwright.blogspot.com](http://peterwright.blogspot.com) Agile Development Blog → [http://exceeding-expectations.blogspot.com](http://exceeding-expectations.blogspot.com)