# Odd problem with rake test **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 10, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-problem-with-rake-test/155351 "2008-12-10T22:23:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/captaffy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-problem-with-rake-test/155351/1 "2008-12-10T22:23:09Z")
I’ve got a strange problem with raking my tests. They come up all clear when I do rake:functionals but when I run them as individual ruby files the test fail as they should. What’s the difference? Does anyone else have problems like this. John S. ---
**Author:** ![captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/captaffy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-problem-with-rake-test/155351/2 "2008-12-11T17:39:20Z")
On Dec 10, 2008, at 4:23 PM, John S. wrote: > I’ve got a strange problem with raking my tests. They come up all > clear > when I do rake:functionals but when I run them as individual ruby > files > the test fail as they should. What’s the difference? Does anyone else > have problems like this. > > John S. My guess is that you are using fixtures and each test that fails isn’t specifying the ones on which it relies. -Rob Rob B. [http://agileconsultingllc.com](http://agileconsultingllc.com) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid +1 513-295-4739 Skype: rob.biedenharn ---
**Author:** ![captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/captaffy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 8:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-problem-with-rake-test/155351/3 "2008-12-12T08:27:44Z")
> My guess is that you are using fixtures and each test that fails isn’t > specifying the ones on which it relies. > > -Rob > Rob Err, no. The test unit specifies the fixtures it uses so that should be OK. But the error comes from a missing variable in a partial. It fails when I run ruby test/functional/etc but not when I rake test:functionals. It’s worrying because I have to wonder what other tests should be failing but aren’t failing when I run the entire test suite rather than the individual units. John ---
**Author:** ![captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/captaffy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 9:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-problem-with-rake-test/155351/4 "2008-12-12T09:17:39Z")
> IIRC there is an issue where partials sort of remember :locals that > were passed in previous invocations (in that they will exist with > value nil on subsequent calls if you don’t specify them) > > Fred That sounds like it’s the exact problem. Thanks for that, I’ll know to make sure to run the test units directly next time I change any local variables in partials. Ta John S. ---
**Author:** ![captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/captaffy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 8:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-problem-with-rake-test/155351/5 "2008-12-12T08:53:56Z")
On 12 Dec 2008, at 07:27, John S. wrote: > Err, no. The test unit specifies the fixtures it uses so that should > be > OK. But the error comes from a missing variable in a partial. It fails > when I run ruby test/functional/etc but not when I rake > test:functionals. > > It’s worrying because I have to wonder what other tests should be > failing but aren’t failing when I run the entire test suite rather > than > the individual units. IIRC there is an issue where partials sort of remember :locals that were passed in previous invocations (in that they will exist with value nil on subsequent calls if you don’t specify them) Fred