How can I investigate when a rspec test fails?

Rails
1

For example:

it “re-renders the ‘new’ template” do
# Trigger the behavior that occurs when invalid params are
submitted
Sector.any_instance.stub(:save).and_return(false)
post :create, :sector => {}
response.should render_template(“new”)
end

I have the new template under app/views/sectors but the test says:

SectorsController POST create with invalid params re-renders the ‘new’
template
Failure/Error: response.should render_template(“new”)
expecting <“new”> but rendering with <"">

2

This can happen if the action is actually redirecting instead of
rendering, one potential way to test this is to change your stubbed
method to return true.

3

On May 28, 12:59pm, Mauro [email protected] wrote:

SectorsController POST create with invalid params re-renders the ‘new’ template
Failure/Error: response.should render_template(“new”)
expecting <“new”> but rendering with <“”>

Please post the controller action so we can see what’s missing.

4

On May 28, 1:59pm, Mauro [email protected] wrote:

SectorsController POST create with invalid params re-renders the ‘new’ template
Failure/Error: response.should render_template(“new”)
expecting <“new”> but rendering with <“”>

It sounds like the test is working and that your code is at fault by
the looks of it. Do you have a “render”/redirect_to method being
called in your ‘create’ controller action? Where is it going?

5

On 29 May 2011 10:45, egervari [email protected] wrote:

I have the new template under app/views/sectors but the test says:

SectorsController POST create with invalid params re-renders the ‘new’ template
Failure/Error: response.should render_template(“new”)
expecting <“new”> but rendering with <“”>

It sounds like the test is working and that your code is at fault by
the looks of it. Do you have a “render”/redirect_to method being
called in your ‘create’ controller action? Where is it going?

I’m using inherited_resources so in my controller I don’t have any
action defined.
The controller is simply:

class SectorsController < InheritedResources::Base

def destroy
destroy!(:notice => t(‘Sector’)+" deleted.“)
rescue
flash[:error] = t(‘Sector’)+” is not deleted."
end
end

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On 29 May 2011 19:35, Mauro [email protected] wrote:

I’m using inherited_resources so in my controller I don’t have any
end

If I launch the application and I try to create an invalid sector, it
renders the new template correctly
I have another application and this test:

it “re-renders the ‘new’ template” do
UnsafeBuilding.stub(:new) { mock_unsafe_building(:save => false) }
post :create, :unsafe_building => {}
response.should render_template(“new”)
end

This works and the controller uses inherited_resources too.
I don’t understand why the test in the first application doens’t work
while the one in the second application works.