[rspec-users] Controller Isolation

[Dylan Egan]

Hi,

I have a project that I had running under rspec 0.6.x and recently upgraded
to 0.7.2.

I am trying to isolate my controllers from the database as I go through and
change all the specs to run under 0.7.2.

I am having a problem where I need to make the create! method return the
mocked object as well as raise RecordInvalid exception. Is this at all
possible?

I use the rescue statement in my controller methods and not @
object.new_record? or @object.valid? to check whether to redirect or render.

-- controller --

  def create
    @star = Star.create!(params[:star])
    redirect_to star_path(@star)
  rescue ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid
    render :action => 'new'
  end

-- spec --
  @star = mock('star')
  Star.should_receive(:create!).with({ 'name' => nil }).and_return(@star)

I'm new to all the mocking/stubbing business so my head spins are turning
into headaches. :)

Dylan.
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