[rspec-users] Fixture name not available as class variable in spec

[Graeme Nelson]

Hello Keith -

You can get access to your fixtures like so:

context "Some content" do

	fixtures :users

	setup do
	end

	specify "some specification" do
	end
end

Thanks
graeme

On Feb 28, 2007, at 7:22 AM, Keith McDonnell wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I can't seem to access the fixture name as a class variable from my
> specs. I have to set the variable in the spec setup.
>
> ... [fixtures]
>
> my_fixture:
>    id: 1
>
> ... [rpsec]
>
> @my_fixture.id.should == 1
>
> ... [error]
>
> You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
> The error occurred while evaluating nil.id
>
> ... [my setup]
>
> RSpec-0.7.5.1 (r1395) - BDD for Ruby
> Rails 1.2.2
> Latest rspec_on_rails plugin
>
> Is this this a bug or a feature ?
>
> Keith
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