[rspec-users] Need some help with a simple

[Glenn Ford]

I'm guessing the key is inside "find_account_by_subdomain_or_url".  Do  
you have that defined somewhere?  It probably calls something like:

@account = Account.find_by_subdomain(blah) or Account.find_by_url(blah)

In which case that's probably what you need to stub.  Nothing is  
actually checking for the return value of the controller method or  
assigning it to @account.  In other words, you probably should do  
Account.stub! instead of controller.stub!  Check what's in that method  
and see if that gets you closer to the solution.

Good luck!
Glenn

On Apr 7, 2008, at 5:14 PM, chris anderson wrote:

> I can't figure out why this is failing.  It seems to have a hard time
> assigning the @account.  I have spent way too long trying to figure  
> this
> out.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> -------
> NoMethodError in 'StaffMembersController GET index should allow
> anonymous users'
> You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
> The error occurred while evaluating nil.staff_members
> -------
>
> ++++++++++++++++
> describe StaffMembersController do
>
>  describe "GET index" do
>
>    before :each do
>      @account = mock_model(Account, :staff_members =>
> [mock_model(StaffMember)])
>      controller.stub! 
> (:find_account_by_subdomain_or_url).and_return(@account)
>    end
>
>    # Authorization
>    it "should allow anonymous users" do
>      get :index
>      response.should render_template(:index)
>    end
>
>  end
> end
> ++++++++++++++++
>
> StaffMembersController
> ++++++++++++++++
> class StaffMembersController < ApplicationController
>  before_filter :find_account_by_subdomain_or_url
>
>  def index
>    @staff_members = @account.staff_members
>  end
>
> end
> +++++++++++++++
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