[rspec-users] be_valid (validates_format_of ..., :on => :create)

[Bart Zonneveld]

On 28-feb-2009, at 11:45, MAwiniarski wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> How to write Example which will check if model's variable's
> format is valid using :on => :create, like this:
>
> class User < ActiveRecord::Base
> ...
>  validates_format_of       :email, :with => /.../, :on => :create
> ...
>
> Using following code is not right:
> it "should ..." do
>    @user = users(:example_user)
>    @user.email = 'invalid_email_format'
>    @user.save
>    @user.should_not be_valid
> end

Try:

it "should ..." do
    user = User.new # create a NEW user, instead of loading an  
already saved user from a fixtures file
    user.email = 'invalid_email_format'
    user.should_not be_valid
    user.should have(1).errors_on(:email)
end

cheers,
bartz