Shoulda Question: how to test validates_inclusion_of?

Rails
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I’m using thoughtbot’s shoulda, and I have this in a model:

validates_inclusion_of :year, :in => %w[ 09-10 10-11 ]

where :year is of type string. How do I test this in shoulda? Is it
with
(1) should ensure_inclusion_of
or do I have to do
(2) should allow_value(‘09-10’).for(:year) and the should_not
equivalents?

So? (2) seems verbose… I mean, having to do a bunch of should’s and
should_not’s?

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On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 9:55 PM, David K.
[email protected]wrote:

(1) should ensure_inclusion_of
you are doing, but I think (2) is what you have to do… seems to me it is
similar to validating the format of an attribute.

Although, you might have to change your structure but seems that somehow
you could use “should include_value_in_range”…

(see
http://rubydoc.info/github/thoughtbot/shoulda/master/Shoulda/ActiveRecord/Macros
)

Oops, I was looking at deprecated stuff… anyhow you would probably
have to
change your structure to something numeric or date-like to use
ensure_inclusion_of but maybe in the end that would be the right way to
do
it.

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On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 9:28 PM, daze [email protected] wrote:

So? (2) seems verbose… I mean, having to do a bunch of should’s and
should_not’s?

I would be curious if there was another way if I understand exactly what
you
are doing, but I think (2) is what you have to do… seems to me it is
similar to validating the format of an attribute.

Although, you might have to change your structure but seems that somehow
you
could use “should include_value_in_range”…

(see
http://rubydoc.info/github/thoughtbot/shoulda/master/Shoulda/ActiveRecord/Macros
)