[rspec-users] Speccing a model class method in Rails produces nil

[David Chelimsky]

On Dec 3, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Martin Hawkins wrote:

> Ruby 1.9.2, Rails 3.0.3, Rspec-rails 2.2.0
> 
> I have:
> 
> Factory.define :season_date do |f|
>  f.season_date Date.new(2011,9,24)
>  f.date_type "season_start"
> end
> 
> RSpec.configure do |config|
>  config.mock_with :rspec
> end
> 
> Factory.define :season_date do |f|
>  f.season_date Date.new(2011,9,24)
>  f.date_type "season_start"
> end
> 
> Factory.define :season_date do |f|
>  f.season_date Date.new(2011,9,24)
>  f.date_type "season_start"
> end

Do you actually have 3 identical factories or was that just a copy/paste error? 

> require 'spec_helper'
> describe SeasonDate do
>  before(:each) do
>    @start_date_record = Factory.create(:season_date)
>    @no_play_date_record = Factory.create(:season_date, season_date: Date.today, date_type: "no_play")
>  end
>  it "responds to the find_start_record method call" do
>    SeasonDate.should respond_to(:find_start_record)
>  end
>  it "returns the record with the season start date" do
>    SeasonDate.find_start_record.should == @start_date_record

The fact that this example ^^ sends SeasonDate the find_start_record message makes the previous example unnecessary.

>  end
> end
> 
> and I get
> 
> rspec -f d -b spec/models/season_date_spec.rb
> SeasonDate
>  responds to the find_start_record method call
>  returns the record with the season start date (FAILED - 1)
> 
> Failures:
> 
>  1) SeasonDate returns the record with the season start date
>     Failure/Error: SeasonDate.find_start_record.should ==
> @start_date_record
>     expected: #<SeasonDate id: 66, season_date: "2011-09-24",
> date_type: "season_start", created_at: "2010-12-03 17:03:58",
> updated_at: "2010-12-03 17:03:58">,
>          got: nil (using ==)
> 
> I'm doing something dumb, but I don't know what. Any assistance much
> appreciated!

Can't really tell from what you've posted. Please post the implementation of SeasonDate.season_date.