I use:
gem 'rails', '3.2.11'
gem 'rspec-rails', '2.13.2'
gem 'webrat', '0.7.3'
gem 'factory_girl_rails', '4.1.0'
gem 'spork', '~> 0.9.0.rc'
I want to test my HP where I always have a link to a certain user, so the pages controller for HP contains:
@user = User.find(7)
And the view HP contains:
link_to 'See user', @user
The problem is that all tests fail since test database has no user with id 7. I tried:
FactoryGirl.define do
factory :user do
name "Testuser"
id "7"
end
end
... but this doesn't work. There is always the error:
The spec is this:
describe "GET 'home'" do
before(:each) do
FactoryGirl.create(:user)
end
it "should be successful" do
get 'home'
response.should be_success
end
end
Failure/Error: get 'home' ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound: Couldn't find User with id=7
The HP is working fine in reality, just the test fails. How can I assure this test is not going to fail?
Based on the Using Factories section of the documentation, I would set the id
in the spec itself with something like:
@user = FactoryGirl.create(:user, :id => 7)