# Rspec throws exception (nameError)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-throws-exception-nameerror/118647>\
**Category:** RSpec\
**Created:** [October 29, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-throws-exception-nameerror/118647 "2007-10-29T19:53:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![jamal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jamal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jamal)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-throws-exception-nameerror/118647/1 "2007-10-29T19:53:46Z")

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Hi,

I’m running Rails 1.2.5 with rspec 1.0.8.

When i runned autotest first time, it complained about this line.

#include ActionView::Helpers::JavaScriptMacrosHelper  
in vendor/plugins/rspec\_on\_rails/lib/spec/rails/dls/behaviour/helper.rb

…I commented it out, then I got another error about this line, so I  
also commented this out.

#Test::Unit.run = true  
in vendor/plugins/rspec\_on\_rails/lib/spec/rails/rails.rb

Now when I run autotest i get third error which i cannot get ride off ☹  
Please any help I appreciate it…Thanks in advance…

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$autotest  
1)  
NameError in ‘User should be valid’  
undefined local variable or method `method_name' for [RSpec example]:#<Class:0x189a7b4> /Library/Ruby/Gems/gems/actionpack-1.13.5.7919/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb:470:in`method\_missing’  
/Library/Ruby/Gems/gems/activerecord-1.15.5.7919/lib/active\_record/fixtures.rb:572:in  
`use_transactional_fixtures?' /Library/Ruby/Gems/gems/activerecord-1.15.5.7919/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb:585:in`setup’  
/Users/jamal/Documents/RubyonRailsApps/rspec/vendor/plugins/rspec\_on\_rails/lib/spec/rails/dsl/behaviour/model.rb:12:in  
`before\_eval’  
script/spec:4:

Finished in 0.016046 seconds

## 1 example, 1 failure

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**Author:** ![jamal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jamal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jamal)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-throws-exception-nameerror/118647/2 "2007-10-29T19:58:34Z")

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On 10/29/07, Jamal S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I’m running Rails 1.2.5 with rspec 1.0.8.

RSpec 1.0.8 came out before Rails 1.2.4/1.2.5 or 2.0.0-preview.

If you are using anything newer than Rails 1.2.3, you should use RSpec’s  
trunk.

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**Author:** ![jamal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jamal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jamal)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-throws-exception-nameerror/118647/3 "2007-10-29T20:15:00Z")

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Thanks for help David 🙂

You saved my day 😃