Help with some basics

I’m suddenly getting an error on my specs

/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.5/lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:24:in
description': No description supplied for example declared on /home/andrew/dev/rhythm/website/spec/models/product_template_spec.rb:4 (Spec::Example::NoDescriptionError) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.5/lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:51:inexecute’
from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.5/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:207:in
run_examples' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.5/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:205:ineach’
from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.5/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:205:in
run_examples' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.5/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:103:inrun’
from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.5/lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:23:in
run' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.5/lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:22:ineach’
from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.5/lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:22:in
run' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.5/lib/spec/runner/options.rb:119:inrun_examples’
from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.5/lib/spec/runner/command_line.rb:9:in
run' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.5/bin/spec:4 from /usr/local/bin/spec:19:inload’
from /usr/local/bin/spec:19

The spec is as follows (using Remarkable)
require File.expand_path(File.dirname(FILE) + ‘/…/spec_helper’)

describe ProductTemplate do
it { should belong_to(:account) }

it { should validate_presence_of(:account) }
it { should validate_presence_of(:name) }
it { should validate_presence_of(:cost) }

it { should validate_length_of(:name).within(1…100) }

it { should validate_uniqueness_of(:name) }
end

I’ve just updated to the latest versions of rspec, rspec-rails and
remarkable

Not sure what I’m doing wrong here.

Thanks

Andrew

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Andrew T.
[email protected] wrote:

   from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.5/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:205:in

`run’
require File.expand_path(File.dirname(FILE) + ‘/…/spec_helper’)
it { should validate_uniqueness_of(:name) }
end

I’ve just updated to the latest versions of rspec, rspec-rails and remarkable

Not sure what I’m doing wrong here.

That happens when a matcher doesn’t supply a description (which is
required), but it looks like the remarkable matchers do, so I’m not
sure what’s up with that.

How are you running it? What command?

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Andrew T.
[email protected] wrote:

It gives me the same error when I run
rake spec
spec specs/
or
autospec

It also gives the same error with specs like
it { should_not be_nil }
and
it { should respond_to(:name) }

Those are internal to rspec and I can assure you they have descriptions.

I’m mystified. Anybody else on this list have a similar experience?

It gives me the same error when I run
rake spec
spec specs/
or
autospec

It also gives the same error with specs like
it { should_not be_nil }
and
it { should respond_to(:name) }

On Thursday, April 30, 2009, David C. [email protected]
wrote:

   from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.5/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:207:in

`each’

it { should validate_length_of(:name).within(1…100) }
required), but it looks like the remarkable matchers do, so I’m not
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Managed to find the problem, the class ProductTemplate wasn’t being
loaded so “it” wasn’t working on an object.
The error is not very useful in this situation but I’m moving forward
again.

How did you solved it? I’m having the same problem.

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:04 PM, David C. [email protected]
wrote:

and
it { should respond_to(:name) }

Those are internal to rspec and I can assure you they have descriptions.

I’m mystified. Anybody else on this list have a similar experience?

Managed to find the problem, the class ProductTemplate wasn’t being
loaded so “it” wasn’t working on an object.
The error is not very useful in this situation but I’m moving forward
again.

Thanks for the help

Andrew T.
http://ramblingsonrails.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewtimberlake

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education” - Mark Twain

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Samuel Soares flores
[email protected] wrote:

Managed to find the problem, the class ProductTemplate wasn’t being
loaded so “it” wasn’t working on an object.
The error is not very useful in this situation but I’m moving forward
again.

How did you solved it? I’m having the same problem.

What I’ve found is that occasionally when there is a problem loading
the base class, the errors become very cryptic.
You can get to the base error by adding a very simple spec in the form
of:
it “” { … }

In my specific case, my model was in a different schema and so
ActiveRecord couldn’t find the table in the database.

Andrew T.
http://ramblingsonrails.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewtimberlake

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education” - Mark Twain